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and thou didst command them to serve man, who was about to be formed.
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"On the fifth day thou didst command 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, that therefore the nations might declare thy wondrous works.
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"Then thou didst keep in existence two living creatures; the name of one thou didst call Behemoth and the name of the other Leviathan.
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And thou didst separate one from the other, for the seventh part where the water had been gathered together could not hold them both.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.