Genesis 1:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
Genesis 1:24 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:2414 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
תּוֹצֵאtôṣēʾLet bring forth
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
נֶפֶשׁnepešcreature
חַיָּהḥayyāhliving
לְמִינָהּləmînāhafter his kind
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhcattle
וָרֶמֶשׂwāreméśand creeping thing
וְחַיְתוֹwəḥaytôand beast of
אֶרֶץʾereṣthe earth
לְמִינָהּləmînāhafter his kind
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso
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