The Bible

Genesis 1:20

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Commentary

Spreading themselves

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)

The Bible

Job 12:9

⁹ Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?