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Pelicans etc are birds that "fly above the earth" See your own quote of Gen 1:20.

Your distinction is incorrect.

[loboinok]

"Pelicans etc are birds that "fly above the earth" See your own quote of Gen 1:20."

The earth includes water AND land. All birds that fly, fly above the earth, whether above the land or above the water.

However, "Genesis 1:20 - And God said, Let the WATERS bring forth... and fowl that may fly above the earth..." is refering to fowl that live from the water (it is their domain).

"Genesis 2:19 - And out of the GROUND the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air..." is refering to fowl that live from the land.

We do not see Pelicans and Puffins in Oklahoma because they are birds of water.

The 2nd chapter of Genesis is added detail to the "Creation Account" using the "Law of Recurrence" I alluded to in an earlier post.