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Genesis 1:11

God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind.” And that's what happened.

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In The King James Version

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

In Context

10God called the land “earth” and the waters “seas.” God saw that it was good.

12The earth produced vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind. God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5Up to this point there were no wild plants or crops growing on the earth, because the Lord God hadn't sent rain, and there was no one to cultivate the ground.

Genesis 2:16The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,

Psalms 1:3They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

Psalms 104:14You make the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to eat—crops produced by the earth for food,

Isaiah 61:11Just as the earth sends up shoots, and plants grow in a garden, so the Lord makes goodness and praise grow before all nations.

Matthew 3:10In fact the ax is ready to chop down the trees. Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:10-14

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding… Read the whole commentary →

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