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21 God made big animals to live in the sea. He made every different kind of living thing that filled the sea. He made every different kind of bird to fly in the sky.

God looked at what he had made. He saw that it was good.

22 God blessed the animals and the birds. He said to them, ‘Give birth to many young ones, so that you grow in number. Fill all the water in the seas. The birds also should become very many, all across the earth.’[a]

23 Evening passed and then it was morning.

That was the fifth day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:22 ‘Birds’ here may include any living thing that can fly, for example bats and insects.