Genesis 1:29
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 dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- ASV
- And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:
- DARBY
- And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
- BLB
- And God said, “Behold, I have given to you⁺ every plant bearing seed which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree that [has] in [it] the fruit of a tree bearing seed—it shall be for food to you⁺—
- ÅB
- Og Gud sa: Se, jeg gir dere alle urter som sår seg, alle som finnes på jorden, og alle trær med frukt som sår seg; de skal være til føde for dere.
- OTB
- Så sa Gud: "Jeg gir dere alle planter på jordens overflate som bærer frø og alle trær som har frukt med frø i seg. De skal være til føde for dere.
- B1930
- Og Gud sa: Se, jeg gir eder alle urter som sår sig, alle som finnes på jorden, og alle trær med frukt som sår sig; de skal være til føde for eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Read in contextPsalms 104:14–15
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Read in contextPsalms 145:15–16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Read in contextPsalms 104:27–28
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Read in contextActs 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Read in contextPsalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Read in contextMatthew 6:25–26
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Read in contextPsalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
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