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God Creates the Animals of the Seas and the Skies (Milton's Paradise Lost, 1866) - Gustave Doré
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1866
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And God said: Let the waters generate
Reptile with spawn abundant, living soul;
And let fowl fly above the earth. (Book VII, 387-389)
The archangel Raphael tells Adam and Eve about Creation.
On the fifth day, God begets sea creatures and birds to populate the seas and skies.
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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
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