Genesis 1:30

Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate. and it was so.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 God said, Beholde, I haue giuen vnto you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon al the earth, and euery tree, wherein is the fruite of a tree bearing seede: that shall be to you for meate.

31And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten: and thou shalt gather it to thee, that it may be meate for thee and for them.

Job 39:8Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?

Job 40:15Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.

Psalms 104:14He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,

Psalms 147:9Which giueth to beasts their foode, and to the yong rauens that crie.

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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