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the fifth day
God continues his orderly progression of creation that he started during the previous four days.
Let living things fill the waters, and birds fly in the sky
God created water creatures and the birds by speaking a command.
everything that swims
God not only made fish, but every kind of living thing that lives in the waters. Every one exists because God chose to create it.
all the birds
God did not make just one kind of bird, but all of the amazing variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and kinds of birds.
it was good
This phrase is repeated throughout creation to show that every step went exactly according to God’s wise plan and purpose.
blessed them
God speaks his desire that they would prosper and that things would go well for them in the world in which he had placed them.