Genesis 1:29

And God says, “Behold, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

Literal Standard Version

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 blesses them, and God says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth.”

30and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food”: and it is so.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21And you, take for yourself from all food that is eaten; and you have gathered [it] to yourself, and it has been for you and for them for food.”

Job 36:31For He judges peoples by them, || He gives food in abundance.

Psalms 104:14Causing grass to spring up for livestock, || And herb for the service of man, || To bring forth bread from the earth,

Psalms 111:5He has given prey to those fearing Him, || He remembers His covenant for all time.

Psalms 136:25Giving food to all flesh, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

Psalms 146:7Doing judgment for the oppressed, || Giving bread to the hungry.

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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