Genesis 1:31

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 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 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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

Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

Exodus 20:11for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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

Psalms 104:24How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy 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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