“Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird — everything that moves upon the earth — came out of the ark, kind by kind.”
Genesis 8:19 (BSB)
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17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you — birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground — so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.” 18So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. 19Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird — everything that moves upon the earth — came out of the ark, kind by kind. 20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.