Genesis 1:30

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 food; and it was so.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

29And 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.

31And G-d saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was tov me'od (very good). And the erev and the boker were Yom Shishi (Day Six, the Sixth Day).

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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 38:39Wilt thou hunt the teref for the lioness, 1 or fill the appetite of her whelps, 1

Job 39:8The range of the harim is his pasture, 1 and he searcheth after every green thing. 1

Job 40:15Hinei now behemot (hippopotamus), which I made along with thee; 1 he eateth grass like an ox. 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 147:9He giveth to the behemah her lechem, 1 and to the bnei orev (young ravens) when they cry out. 1

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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