This is redundant. The set of whales is included in the set of creatures the waters brought forth abundantly or that moveth (whales are not stationary, usually). No real reason to single out whales, if not to show that He can make big things.
Dear viole, Sounds like a trap to me, since most people THINK the verse is speaking of ONLY creatures in the Sea. Whales did NOT have their origin in water, but as a land dwelling Ungulate, if you listen to most scientists. It's NOT redundant since it reveals that God also knew where Whales came from, showing that God is the Author of Genesis. No ancient man has ANY knowledge of where Whales come from.
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after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Again useless repetitions. Should we be specially informed that winged fowls are after their kind, when it has already been said that every creature is after its kind? Maybe the writers of the Bible were paid in proportion of the words they write, no matter how useless, who knows?
You are confused because you don't see the difference in Their (God's) kinds and His (Jesus) kinds. God's (The Trinity) kinds are what Science calls "natural" creatures since they evolved from the water. Jesus kinds are the ones which were made by LORD God (YHWH/Jesus) with His own Hands, such as the birds, and Humans. Gen 2:7
He saw it was good. Ok. It is nice to take pride at what we do. But I wonder why He needed to see it. Was there a chance that He might have done something He did not like? You know, being omniscient and all.
God does NOT say that it is good until it is Perfect Eternally. That's the way it is with the Perfect God. Most people don't know that God's proclaiming that it is "very good" Gen 1:31 is a FUTURE proclaimation, which will NOT happen until AFTER Jesus returns to this lost and dying world, and changes ALL animals into Vegetarians. Gen 1:30 God Bless you.
In Love,
Aman