And God made Notice the word "made," Lat. fecit, not "created"; cf. Genesis 1:7; Genesis 1:16.

and God saw that it was good It is noticeable that the blessing, which followed these words after the creation of the water animals and the birds (Genesis 1:22), is here omitted. Either the blessing was allowed to drop out, in order that the description of the sixth day might not become too long in comparison with that of the previous five days; or the blessing so fully pronounced upon man in Genesis 1:28 may be considered to embrace also the living creatures created on the same sixth day.

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