Animals
fish in Genesis 1
FISH
This creature shows up in Genesis 1:26: “God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 1:26
“God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.””
What kids can learn
When you hear fish in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 1:26 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 1:26
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Godsaid,“Letusmakemaninourafterourlikeness:andletthemdominionoverthefishofthesea,andthebirdsofthesky,andoverthelivestock,andoveralltheearth,andovereverycreepingthingthatcreepsontheearth.”