Genesis 1:31

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Berean Standard Bible

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 every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Genesis 1:19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Job 38:7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

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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