Genesis 1:29

God said, “Look, I'm giving you as your food every seed-bearing plant anywhere on earth, and every tree that produces fruit with seeds.

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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

28God blessed them and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth and control it; exercise authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the earth.”

30I'm giving all the green plants to all the land animals, to the birds, and to every creature that moves on the earth—to every living thing.” And that's what happened.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21Take all kinds of food with you too. Store it so you and the animals will have enough to eat.”

Job 36:31By these actions he rules the people, he provides abundant food.

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

Psalms 111:5He feeds those who respect him; he always remembers the agreement he made.

Psalms 136:25To the one who provides food for every living creature. For his trustworthy love lasts forever.

Psalms 146:7He makes sure the oppressed receive justice. He gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.

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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