Genesis 1:29

And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed — to you it shall be for food;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'

30and 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 a living soul, I have given every green herb for food.' And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.'

Job 36:31For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

Psalms 104:14Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth,

Psalms 111:5He hath given food unto them that fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant.

Psalms 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh, for His mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 146:7Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD 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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