Genesis 1:29

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

In Context

28And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

30And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

Job 36:31For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.

Psalms 104:14He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

Psalms 111:5He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever.

Psalms 136:25Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalms 146:7Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:27-29

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have… Read the whole commentary →

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