Genesis 1:31

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

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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 heaven, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:8And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.

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

Genesis 2:2And God had finished on the seventh day 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 the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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

Psalms 104:24How manifold are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

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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