Genesis 1:30

And 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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In The King James Version

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

In Context

29And 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:

31And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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Cross References

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

Job 39:8\39:5\Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

Job 40:15\40:20\He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

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 147:9He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:30-31

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 29 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. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. We have here the third part of the sixth day's work, which was not any new creation, but a… Read the whole commentary →

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