Genesis 1:11

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Summary

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.

Let the

Fruit

General references

Jonah 2:10

1 Corinthians 15:38

Bible References

Let the

No shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth. No plant of the field had yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not sent rain on the earth. There was no man to work the ground.

Above the ground food grows. Beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire.

You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth,

He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains.

If God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, won't he care for you even more? You of little faith!

The earth that drinks in the rain that comes upon it, and brings forth vegetation for those by whom it was cultivated, receives blessing from God.

Fruit

Then God said: I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

By their fruits you will know them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

The earth gives fruit by itself. First comes the leaf, then the head, then full grain.

A good tree does not produce corrupt fruit and a corrupt tree does not produce good fruit.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine produce figs? Neither can salt water yield sweet.

General references

Jehovah spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

But God gives it a body as it pleased him, and to every seed his own body.