Genesis 1:31

And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

In Context

30And to all the beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:19And the evening and morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

Exodus 20:11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

Job 38:7When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

Psalms 104:24How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

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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