Genesis 1:11
God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: Plants on the earth which yield their own kind of seed, and trees that bear fruits in which are their own seed.” It was so.
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10God called the dry ground ‘land’ and he called the gathered waters ‘seas’. God saw that it was good.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5there were not yet any plants on the earth, and no vegetation had sprung up; for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the soil.
Genesis 2:16The Lord God also gave the human this command: “You may freely eat from every tree of the garden,
Psalms 1:3They are like trees planted by runlets of water, yielding fruit in due season, leaves never fading. In all that they do, they prosper.
Psalms 104:14He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;
Matthew 3:10Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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 →