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ANIMALS AND SEQUENCE OF GENESIS

ANIMALS OF GENESIS

English Name Verses Hebrew Name Literal Meaning Other Uses
moving creature 20 sherets swarming creature 0
fowl 20, 21, 22, 26 oph fowl 61
winged 21 kanaph winged 78
whale 21 tannin sea monster
(Job 7:12;
Ezekiel 32:2)
3
creature that moveth 21, 24 nephesh breathing creature 8
cattle 24, 25, 36 behemah cattle, beast 51
creeping thing 24, 25, 26 remes creeping creature (Genesis 9:3) 16
beast 24, 25, 30 chaiyah, cheva a living creature 114
fish 26, 28 dagah fish 33
behemoth Job 40:15 behemoth enlarged form behemah 0
leviathan Job 41:1 livyathan great water animal (Psalm 104:26) 3


THE SEQUENCE OF GENESIS

Bible Verse Bible Scientific Evidence
1 Creation Big bang evidence
9 – 10 Water/one land Continental drift
11 – 12 Grass/herb, etc. First life — plants
20a & 21a Sea creatures First animals — marine
20b & 21b Fowl Birds — first warm blooded
24 – 25 Mammals Mammals after birds
26 – 27 Man Man is most recent