Genesis 1:29

And G-d said, Hinei, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of kol ha'aretz (all the earth), and every etz (tree), in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

28And G-d blessed them, and G-d said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

30And 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 food; and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for ochel for thee, and for them.

Job 36:31For by them governeth He the amim (nations); 1 He giveth okhel in abundance. 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

Psalms 111:5He hath given food unto them that fear Him; 1 He will be mindful of His Brit (covenant) l'olam. 1

Psalms 136:25Who giveth lechem to kol basar; 1 ki l'olam chasdo. 1

Psalms 146:7Oseh mishpat for the oppressed; 1 Who giveth lechem to the hungry. 1 Hashem mattir asurim (sets free the prisoners): 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:27-29

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have… Read the whole commentary →

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