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and you commanded them to serve humankind, about to be formed.
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"On the fifth day you commanded the seventh part, where the water had been gathered together, to bring forth living creatures, birds, and fishes; and so it was done.
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The dumb and lifeless water produced living creatures, as it was commanded, so that therefore the nations might declare your wondrous works.
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"Then you kept in existence two living creatures; the one you called Behemoth and the name of the other Leviathan.
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And you separated one from the other, for the seventh part where the water had been gathered together could not hold them both.
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