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Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

In Context

10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.

12And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

Genesis 2:16And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,

Psalms 1:3And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, 1 Which shall yield its fruit in its season, 1 And its leaf shall not fall off; 1 And whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered. 1

Psalms 104:14He suffered no man to wrong them; 1 And he rebuked kings for their sakes: 1

Isaiah 61:11And as the earth putting forth her flowers, and as a garden its seed; so shall the Lord, even the Lord, cause righteousness to spring forth, and exultation before all nations.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:10-14

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding… Read the whole commentary →

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