²⁵ There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

³⁴ Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

²¹ And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

²² And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

²⁸ And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

¹ Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

¹⁴ And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons,

¹⁵ And the chief things of the oldest mountains, and the good things of the eternal hills,

¹⁶ The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.

¹⁹ They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

⁴ The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his.

⁵ The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands.

⁵ But shaking off the beast into the fire, he got no damage.