Genesis 1:11

God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth”; and it was so.

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WEBBE

God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.

BSB

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

KJV

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.

ASV

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

BBE

And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 תַּדְשֵׁא tad·she' let it sprout H1876 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the earth H776 דֶּשֶׁא de·she' vegetation H1877 עֵשֶׂב 'e·sev plant[s] H6212 מַזְרִיעַ maz·ri·a' [which] bears seed H2232 זֶרַע ze·ra' seed H2233 עֵץ 'etz tree[s] of H6086 פְּרִי pe·ri fruit H6529 עֹשֶׂה 'o·seh producing H6213 פְּרִי pe·ri fruit H6529 לְמִינוֹ le·mi·no to kind its H4327 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 זַרְעוֹ־ zar·'ov- seed its H2233 בוֹ vo [is] in (the) it H9033 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the earth H776 וַיְהִי־ vay·hi- and it was H1961 כֵן khen so H3651

The early church

And why doth He not make it of things that are not? Stopping the mouth of Marcion, and of Manichaeans, who alienate His creation from Him, and teaching by His very works, that even all the things that are seen are His works and creatures, and signifying that it is Himself who gives the fruits, who said at the beginning, "Let the earth put forth the herb of grass," and "Let the waters bring forth things moving with living souls." For this is not at all a less work than the other. For though those were made of things that are not, yet nevertheless were they of water; and it was no greater thing to produce fruits out of the earth, and moving things with life out of the water, than out of five loaves to make so many; and of fishes again, which was a sign that He was ruler both of the earth and of the sea.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Matthew

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–13

The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.

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SeedGrassPropagationVegetationFruits

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.