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NASB | Genesis 1:24 ¶ Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:24 ¶ Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds"; and it was so [because He had spoken them into creation]. |
Bible Question: The hebrew word for creatures is nephesh. The word nephesh implies conscious life. I found something that states that pet's have souls based on the above definition, Is this true? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Stephan.. Welcome to the forum! The word nephesh means having life. This applies to animals (Genesis 1:24) and humans (Genesis 2:7). David even uses the word in association with the Lord God (Psalm 11:5). There is no evidence from Scripture suggesting that animals, however, persist in any form after death. In Him, Doc |
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