Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;

Darby Translation

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 blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

30and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21And take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.

Job 36:31For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.

Psalms 104:14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,

Psalms 111:5He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.

Psalms 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

Psalms 146:7Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

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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