Genesis 1:11

And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the herb yielding zera (seed), and the fruit tree yielding pri (fruit) after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Elohim called the yabashah Eretz (Earth); and the mikveh (gathering together of the waters) called He Seas; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

12And the earth brought forth vegetation, and herb yielding zera (seed) after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and Elohim saw that it was tov (good).

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5And every plant of the sadeh was not yet in ha'aretz, and every herb of the sadeh had not yet yitzmach (sprung up); + 2:5 Moshiach is Tzemach, Zech 3:8 for Hashem Elohim had not caused it to rain upon ha'aretz, and there was not an adam (man) la'avod (to till, to work) haadamah (the ground).

Genesis 2:16And Hashem Elohim commanded the adam, saying, Of every etz of the gan thou mayest freely eat;

Psalms 1:3And he shall be like an etz planted by the streams of mayim, 1 that bringeth forth its p'ri in its season; 1 the leaf thereof also shall not wither; 1 and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 1

Psalms 104:14He causeth the khatzir (grass) to grow for the behemah, 1 and esev for the avodas ha'adam; 1 that he may bring forth lechem out of ha'aretz; 1

Isaiah 61:11For as Eretz bringeth forth her tzemach, 1 and as the gan (garden) the things that are sown in it tatzmiach (causes [them] to spring forth); 1 so Adonoi Hashem will tzedakah (righteousness) and tehillah (praise) 1 yatzmiach (cause [them] to spring forth) before kol HaGoyim.

Matthew 3:10And already the ax is laid at the shoresh haetzim (the root of the trees); therefore, every etz not producing pri tov (good fruit) is cut down and thrown into the eish (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 →

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