And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
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.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:20-23
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. The sun now in the firmament, where it was fixed the day before, having gone round the earth, or the earth about that, in the space of twenty four hours; and according to Capellus this was the twenty second of April; or, as others, the fifth of September; and according to Bishop Usher the twenty seventh of October.
From countless shoals of small fish to the great sea monsters, from the tiny insect to the king of birds, the waters and air were suddenly made to swarm with creatures formed to live and sport in their respective elements.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:20-23