Genesis 1 · Verse 25

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25, King James Version

Genesis 1:25 in other translations

BSBGod made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
WEBGod made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
ASVAnd God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
YLTAnd God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that it is good.
DARBYAnd God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
BBEAnd God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.
WebsterAnd God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every animal that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

What does Genesis 1:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, etc. - Every thing both in the animal and vegetable world was made so according to its kind, both in genus and species, as to produce its own kind through endless generations. Thus the several races of animals and plants have been kept distinct from the foundation of the world to the present day. This is a proof that all future generations of plants and animals have been seminally included in those which God formed in the beginning.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 1:20-25

God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and as curious, seem to have been part of this day's work. The Creator's wisdom and power are to be admired as much in an ant as in an elephant. The power of God's providence preserves all things, and fruitfulness is the effect of his blessing.

Read the full comment on Genesis 1:20-25 →

Genesis 1:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213
אֱלֹהִים֩'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חַיַּ֨תchai.Yat[the] animal[s] ofH2416
הָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
לְמִינָ֗הּle.mi.Nahto kind itsH4327
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַבְּהֵמָה֙ha.be.he.Mahthe livestockH929
לְמִינָ֔הּle.mi.Nahto kind itsH4327
וְאֵ֛תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
רֶ֥מֶשׂRe.mes<the> creeping thing ofH7431
הָֽאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
לְמִינֵ֑הוּle.mi.Ne.huto kind itsH4327
וַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
טֽוֹב\׃Tov[it was] goodH2895

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 1:25

  • Jeremiah 27:5

    I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

  • Job 12:8-10

    Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

  • Genesis 2:19-20

    And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

  • Job 26:13

    By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:19,20; Job 12:8-10; 26:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 1:24

    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 1:25

    And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Genesis 1:26

    And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Genesis 1:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género, y ganado según su género, y todo animal que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra según su especie: y vió Dios que era bueno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Dieu fit les bêtes de la terre selon leur espèce, et le bétail selon son espèce, et tout reptile du sol selon son espèce. Et Dieu vit que cela était bon.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gott machte das Getier der Erde nach seiner Art, und das Vieh nach seiner Art, und alles, was sich auf dem Erdboden regt, nach seiner Art. Und Gott sah, daß es gut war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et fecit Deus bestias terræ juxta species suas, et jumenta, et omne reptile terræ in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum,