Genesis 1:30

and to every wild beast and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that crawls on the earth – everything with the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food.” It was so.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

29God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant throughout all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit. They will be food for you,

31When God saw all that he had made, he perceived that it was very good. There was an evening and a morning, making the sixth day.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21Take and store food for them and you.”

Psalms 104:14He makes grass grow for the cattle, and herbs for people. He brings bread out of the earth;

Psalms 147:9He gives the cattle their food the young ravens food when they cry.

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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