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“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.” — Genesis 1:20–23 (KJV) And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. Genesis 1:20–23 introduces the fifth day of creation . Until this point, Genesis has described light, the firmament, dry land, seas, vegetation, and the heavenly lights. Now something new appears: living creatures that move. The waters begin to swarm with life, and winged creatures fly through the open firmament of heaven. But another major truth also appears for the first time: “And God blessed them...” God does not merely cr...