Genesis 1:11
God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees bearing fruit whose seed is in the fruit, each according to its own kind.” It was so.
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10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” He saw that it was good.
Cross References
Genesis 2:5No bush of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
Genesis 2:16Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “From every tree in the garden you may freely eat.
Psalms 1:3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water 1 that produces its fruit in its season, 1 whose leaves do not wither; 1 whatever he does will prosper. 1
Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the cattle 1 and plants for man to cultivate 1 so that man may produce food from the earth. 1
Isaiah 61:11For as the earth produces its sprouting plants, and as the garden makes its planting grow, 1 so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up in front of all the nations.
Matthew 3:10Already the ax has been placed against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the 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 →