Genesis 1:12

The earth sprouted vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. God saw that it was good.

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In The King James Version

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

In Context

11God 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.

13There was an evening and a morning, making the third day.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:24Another parable which Jesus told them was this – “The kingdom of heaven is compared to a person who sowed good seed in their field.

Luke 6:44For every tree is known by its own fruit. People do not gather figs off thorn bushes, nor pick a bunch of grapes off a bramble.

Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a person sows that they will reap.

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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