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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

And God said, "Let the wa ter teem with liv ing crea tures, and let
birds fly above the earth across the ex panse of the sky." So God
cre at ed the great crea tures of the sea and ev ery liv ing and
mov ing thing with which the wa ter teems... (Genesis, 1:20-21)

And God said, "Let the land pro duce liv ing crea tures ac cord -
ing to their kinds: live stock, crea tures that move along the
ground, and wild an i mals, each ac cord ing to its kind." And it
was so. God made the wild an i mals ac cord ing to their kinds,
the live stock ac cord ing to their kinds, and all the crea tures
that move along the ground ac cord ing to their kinds... (Gen-
esis, 1:24-25)

Then God said, "Let us make man... and let them rule over the
fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the live stock, over
all the earth, and over all the crea tures that move along the
ground." So God cre at ed man... He cre at ed him; male and fe -
male He cre at ed them. (Genesis, 1:26-27)

Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—
ma jes tic in ho li ness, awe some in glo ry, work ing wond ers?
(Exodus, 15:11)

Is He not... your Creator, Who made you and formed you?
(Deuteronomy, 32:6)

Ears that hear and eyes that see—the Lord has made them
both. (Proverbs, 20:12)

... He aban doned the God Who made him... (Deuteronomy,
32:15)

... You for got the God Who gave you birth. (Deuteronomy,
32:18)

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