Genesis 1:31

And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there 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 all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

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

Genesis 2:2And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.

Exodus 20:11For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

Job 38:7When the stars were made, 1 All my angels praised me with a loud voice. 1

Psalms 104:24And he increased his people greatly, 1 And made them stronger than their enemies. 1

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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