So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
21. And God created A question here arises out of the word created . For we have before contended, that because the world was created, it was made out of nothing; but now Moses says that things formed from other matter were created.
Creation advances toward perfection, each day producing nobler beings than the last. Fish and fowl both came from water on the fifth day, though their flesh differs; the power of the first Cause produces vastly different effects from the same source. The waters brought forth abundantly, insects and great whales alike.
AI summary
Commenting on Genesis 1:20-23
And God created great whales,.... Which the Targums of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret of the Leviathan and its mate, concerning which the Jews have many fabulous things: large fishes are undoubtedly meant, and the whale being of the largest sort, the word is so rendered.