וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ

וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ

וְאֵת כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ;

וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי-טוֹב.

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فَعَمِلَ اللهُ وُحُوشَ الأَرْضِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَ،

وَالْبَهَائِمَ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا

وَجَمِيعَ دَبَّابَاتِ الأَرْضِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا.

وَرَأَى اللهُ ذلِكَ أَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ.

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E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género,

y ganado según su género,

y todo animal que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra según su especie:

y vió Dios que era bueno.

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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,

and cattle after their kind,

and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

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Additional LDS scriptural sources:

Moses 2:25
And I, God, made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything which creepeth upon the earth after his kind; and I, God, saw that all these things were good.

Abraham 4:25
And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth the beasts after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and the Gods saw they would obey.

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Notes/Questions:

I googled the phrase “beast of the earth after his kind” and came up with a wikipedia entry for “Created Kind.” I only read through it once so far. It introduces some ideas. I have no idea yet what I think of them.

In the process I learned a new word: “clade.

“Perhaps the question that needs to be asked here is whether or not “after his kind” should be interpreted to mean “after his species” or what exactly (or generally) “kind” means in this context. How restrictive is the term? Those who oppose evolution may feel that “after his kind” is a strict point that means one species/group of animals could not emerge from another kind.

I have never done genealogy research before. So I’ve asked my mother for a plugged/stopped line that I can do research with. She gave me a name: Alfred M. Woodcox. I’ll just start tracing back names until I get there.

• My great grandfather’s name is Howard Hall (born June 22, 1887 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa).  He was married to Florence Almina Tracy (born Nov. 7, 1886 in marriott, Weber, Utah). Howard Hall also happens to be one of my forebears who converted into the LDS Church. He is the first LDS convert in the Hall line.
• Howard Hall is the son of Henry Charles Hall (born Oct. 11, 1858 in Lafayette, Jackson, Allen, Ohio) and Mary Ann Woodcox (born Dec. 9, 1864 in Mount Vernon, Linn, Iowa).
• Mary Ann Woodcox is the daughter of Alfred M. Woodcox (born Dec. 28, 1825 in Defiance, Ohio) and Mary Naoma McElroy (born May 23, 1834 in Delaware, Defiance, Ohio).
• Alfred M. Woodcox is the son of Alfred M. Woodcox (born about 1799 in Pennsylvania somewhere) and Sarah A. Mulligan (born in 1803 in Virginia).

From what I understand, we have not identified the parents of Alfred M. Woodcox or of Sarah A. Mulligan. - though I will double-check this with my mother. So this is the point where maybe I can try to do some research or figure some things out. My mother told me that my uncle thinks we have a chance at figuring out Alfred M. Woodcox’s parents.

At some point here I may come back and add information as I learn more about these genealogical lines. Again, this is the first time I’ve ever traced a family line as far as it would go … so this in itself is a learning experience.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים

תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ

בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ

וְחַיְתוֹ-אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ

וַיְהִי-כֵן.

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وَقَالَ اللهُ:

«لِتُخْرِجِ الأَرْضُ ذَوَاتِ أَنْفُسٍ حَيَّةٍ كَجِنْسِهَا:

بَهَائِمَ، وَدَبَّابَاتٍ،

وَوُحُوشَ أَرْضٍ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا».

وَكَانَ كَذلِكَ.

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Y dijo Dios:

Produzca la tierra seres vivientes según su género,

bestias y serpientes

y animales de la tierra según su especie:

y fué así.

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And God said,

Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind,

cattle and creeping thing,

and beast of the earth after his kind:

and it was so.

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Additional LDS scriptural sources:

Moses 2:24
And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind, and it was so;

Abraham 4:24
And the Gods prepared the earth to bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so, as they had said.

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Notes/Questions:

There is an entry in Wikipedia for “Animals in the Bible.”

Here’s a blog post titled: “Genesis 1:24-25, Animals”

The word that interests me here is the Hebrew “remesh” (רֶמֶשׂ) which often is translated as “creeping things” … my gut instinct is that there’s some interesting things going on with this word, but I haven’t really found what I’m looking for on the subject. It reminds me a little bit of the word “sheretz” (שֶׁרֶץ) that appears in Genesis 1:20.

Also appearing in this verse is the Hebrew word “behemah” (בְּהֵמָה) which has an English cognate: “behemoth”.

See the Google define function for “behemoth”.

Also see the wikipedia entry for “behemoth.”

Here’s a fun quote from the wikipedia entry:

In Jewish belief, Behemoth is the primal unconquerable monster of the land, as Leviathan is the primal monster of the waters of the sea and Ziz the primordial monster of the sky. There is a legend that the Leviathan and the Behemoth shall hold a battle at the end of the world. The two will finally kill each other, and the surviving men will feast on their meat. According to midrash recording traditions, it is impossible for anyone to kill a behemoth except for the person who created it, in this case the God of the Hebrews. A later haggadic tradition furthermore holds that at the banquet at the end of the world, the behemoth will be served up along with the Leviathan and Ziz

At Disneyworld there is a ride called Splash Mountain that takes you gently through scenes from the stories of Brer Rabbit until you reach the end, at which point your car makes a fifty-foot drop into a pool of water (where you get splashed, thus the name of the ride).

As soon as we got out of the ride I went and looked in the gift store for a book of Brer Rabbit stories (which I had enjoyed very much as a child). I found them and read them again. The book is titled “The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit.”

If you haven’t ever read these stories (click on the picture above), you’ll want to give these a try. I counted 48 stories that tell you all about how Brer Rabbit fools Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Brer Wolf and others (though he doesn’t fare as well with Brer Turtle).  They are entertaining and fun to read.

These stories are written up by Julius Lester and very nicely illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. The introduction by Augusta Baker and Foreward by Julius Lester also make for very interesting reading.