Genesis 1:31

And God sees all that He has done, and behold, [it is] very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—the sixth day.

Literal Standard Version

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 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 1:8And God calls the expanse “Heavens”; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] second day.

Genesis 1:19and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] fourth day.

Genesis 2:2and God completes by the seventh day His work which He has made, and ceases by the seventh day from all His work which He has made.

Exodus 20:11for [in] six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rests in the seventh day; therefore YHWH has blessed the Sabbath day and sanctifies it.

Job 38:7In the singing together of [the] stars of morning, || When all [the] sons of God shout for joy?

Psalms 104:24How many have been Your works, O YHWH, || You have made all of them in wisdom, || The earth is full of your possessions.

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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