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They will be yours for food. <a href="/nlt/genesis/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. <a href="/esv/genesis/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. <a href="/bsb/genesis/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/genesis/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/1.htm">New King James Version</a> And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; <a href="/nasb/genesis/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then God said, &#8220Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; <a href="/nasb77/genesis/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; <a href="/lsb/genesis/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then God said, “Behold, I have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you; <a href="/amp/genesis/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; <a href="/csb/genesis/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you, <a href="/hcsb/genesis/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> God also said, &#8220Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you, <a href="/asv/genesis/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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: <a href="/cev/genesis/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat. <a href="/erv/genesis/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat: <a href="/gwt/genesis/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God said, "I have given you every plant with seeds on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seeds. This will be your food. <a href="/gnt/genesis/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; <a href="/isv/genesis/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> God also told them, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant that grows throughout the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit. They will produce your food. <a href="/msb/genesis/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/genesis/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Then God said, "I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. <a href="/nheb/genesis/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And God said, "Look, I have given you every plant yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. <a href="/wbt/genesis/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food. <a href="/web/genesis/1.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And God says, “Behold, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; <a href="/ylt/genesis/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; <a href="/slt/genesis/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And God will say, Lo, I gave to you every green herb scattering seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree scattering seed; to you it shall be for food.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: <a href="/cpdv/genesis/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you, <a href="/nabre/genesis/1.htm">New American Bible</a> God also said: See, I give you every seed-bearing plant on all the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which bears fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be for food. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And God said, “Behold, I have given to you all grass of the seed that bears seed on the face of all the Earth, and every tree that has in itself the fruit of the tree, of its seed, bearing seed; you shall have it for food.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; <a href="/sep/genesis/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food. <a href="/parallel/genesis/1-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=261" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/1.htm">The Sixth Day</a> …28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” 29<a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Then God</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I have given</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: zō·rê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">seed-bearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6212.htm" title="6212: ‘ê·śeḇ (N-ms) -- Herb, herbage. From an unused root meaning to glisten; grass.">plant</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the face</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: hā·‘êṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whose</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: p̄ə·rî- (N-msc) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: zō·rê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">contains</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zā·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">seed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">They will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">yours</a> <a href="/hebrew/402.htm" title="402: lə·’āḵ·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Food, eating. Feminine of 'Ukal; food.">for food.</a> 30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14-15</a> He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: / wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, <a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a> Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.” <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Leviticus 11:2-3</a> “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: / You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-9</a> For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; / a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; / a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper. <a href="/psalms/136-25.htm">Psalm 136:25</a> He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever. <a href="/psalms/145-15.htm">Psalm 145:15-16</a> The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. / You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. <a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Matthew 6:11</a> Give us this day our daily bread. <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a> Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? <a href="/matthew/14-19.htm">Matthew 14:19-20</a> And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. / They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. <a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a> Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds! <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/acts/17-25.htm">Acts 17:25</a> Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. <a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a> I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-26.htm">1 Corinthians 10:26</a> for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on 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.I have.<a href="/psalms/24-1.htm">Psalm 24:1</a> A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.<a href="/psalms/115-16.htm">Psalm 115:16</a> The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.<a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8</a> For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.bearing.<a href="/genesis/2-16.htm">Genesis 2:16</a> And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:<a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3</a> Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.<a href="/job/36-31.htm">Job 36:31</a> For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/1_john/5-6.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/1-25.htm">Face</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Producing</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Seed-Bearing</a> <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Yielding</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/16-2.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/genesis/49-21.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/2-16.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Producing</a> <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Seed-Bearing</a> <a href="/genesis/2-6.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/genesis/2-9.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/genesis/2-6.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-4.htm">Yielding</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 1</div>1. <a href="/genesis/1-1.htm">God creates heaven and earth;</a> 3. <a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">the light;</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/1-6.htm">the firmament;</a> 9. <a href="/genesis/1-9.htm">separates the dry land;</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">forms the sun, moon, and stars;</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/1-20.htm">fishes and fowls;</a> 24. <a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things;</a> 26. <a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">creates man in his own image, blesses him;</a> 29. <a href="/genesis/1-29.htm">grants the fruits of the earth for food.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then God said, This phrase introduces a divine declaration, emphasizing God's authority and the power of His word. In the creation narrative, God's speech is the means by which creation is ordered and sustained. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and the creative power of His word, as seen in <a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1-3</a>, where the Word is identified with Christ, through whom all things were made.“Behold, I have given you The use of "behold" draws attention to the significance of the gift being bestowed. This phrase underscores God's provision and generosity towards humanity. It reflects the biblical theme of God as the provider, seen throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14-15</a>, where God provides for all living creatures.every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, This indicates the abundance and variety of God's provision. The mention of "seed-bearing" plants highlights the potential for reproduction and sustainability, ensuring a continuous supply of food. This provision is universal, covering "all the earth," which speaks to the comprehensive nature of God's care for creation.and every tree whose fruit contains seed. The focus on trees with seed-bearing fruit further emphasizes the theme of abundance and the natural order established by God. This provision is not only for sustenance but also for the perpetuation of life. The imagery of trees bearing fruit is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>, where the righteous are likened to a fruitful tree.They will be yours for food. This phrase establishes the intended use of the plants and trees: to sustain human life. It reflects the initial vegetarian diet prescribed for humanity, which is later expanded in <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3</a> after the flood. This provision also points to God's care and the intended harmony between humans and the rest of creation, a theme that is disrupted by the fall in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The Creator who provides for His creation, demonstrating His sovereignty and care. 2. <a href="/topical/a/adam_and_eve.htm">Adam and Eve</a> The first humans, representing humanity, who are the recipients of God's provision. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> The setting of God's creation, filled with seed-bearing plants and trees for sustenance. 4. <a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a> The event of God bringing the universe and all life into existence, culminating in His provision for humanity. 5. <a href="/topical/s/seed-bearing_plants_and_trees.htm">Seed-bearing plants and trees</a> The means through which God provides food, emphasizing the abundance and sustainability of His creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a> Recognize that God is the ultimate provider of all our needs, both physical and spiritual. <a href="/topical/s/sustainability_and_stewardship.htm">Sustainability and Stewardship</a> Understand the importance of caring for creation as stewards of God's provision, ensuring its sustainability for future generations. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_care.htm">Trust in God's Care</a> Develop a deeper trust in God's provision, knowing that He cares for all His creation and will meet our needs. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_abundance.htm">Gratitude for Abundance</a> Cultivate a heart of gratitude for the abundance God has provided, acknowledging His generosity and grace. <a href="/topical/h/healthy_living.htm">Healthy Living</a> Consider the implications of God's original provision of plant-based food for healthy living and well-being.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 1</a> <a href="/q/did_animals_eat_each_other_pre-fall.htm">Did animals consume each other before the fall?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_medical_marijuana.htm">What is the Bible's stance on medical marijuana?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_joshua_the_high_priest.htm">Do you eat or drink for God's glory?</a> <a href="/q/do_you_eat_or_drink_for_god's_glory.htm">Do you eat or drink for God's glory?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) Every herb bearing seed . . . every tree.--Of the three classes of plants enumerated in <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm" title="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, on the earth: and it was so.">Genesis 1:11</a>, the two most perfect kinds are given to man for his food; while in <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm" title="And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.">Genesis 1:30</a> the birds and animals have not merely the cryptogamous plants of the first class, but every green herb granted to them for their sustenance. We are not to suppose that they did not eat seeds and fruits, but that the fundamental supply for the maintenance of animal life was the blade and leaf, and that of human life the perfected seed and ripe fruit. Man is thus from the first pointed out as of a higher organisation than the animal; and the fact that his food is such as requires preparation and cooking has been the basis, not merely of most of the refinements of life, but even of the close union of the family. For what would become of it without the common meal?But undoubtedly the food originally assigned to man was vegetable; nor was express leave given to eat flesh until after the flood. Nevertheless the dominion given to man, in <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm" title="And God blessed them, and God said to 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 moves on the earth.">Genesis 1:28</a>, over fish, bird, and animal, made it lawful for him to use them for his food; and the skins with which Adam and Eve were clothed on their expulsion from Paradise prove that animals had been already killed. After the fall, Abel's sacrifice of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof, leads irresistibly to the conclusion that the flesh was eaten by the offerer and his family. In ancient times this was the rule. Flesh was not the staple of man's diet, but the eating of it was a religious ceremony, at which certain portions were offered to God and burnt on His altar, and the rest consumed by man as the Deity's guests. So we may well believe that until the flood the descendants of Seth partook of flesh rarely, and only at a sacrifice, but that after the flood a more free use of it was permitted.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - Provision for the sustenance of the newly-appointed monarch and his subjects is next made. 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. Of the three classes into which the vegetable creation was divided, grass, herbs, and trees (ver. 12), the two last were assigned to man for food. Macdonald thinks that without this express conveyance man would have been warranted to partake of them for nourishment, warranted by the necessities of his nature. The same reasoning, however, would have entitled him to kill the lower animals if he judged them useful for his support. Murphy with more truth remarks, "Of two things proceeding from the same creative hand, neither has any original or inherent right to interfere in any way with the other. The absolute right to each lies in the Creator alone. The one, it is true, may need the other to support its life, as fruit is needful to man; and, therefore, the just Creator cannot make one creature dependent for subsistence on another without granting to it the use of that other. But this is a matter between Creator and creature, and not by any means between creature and creature." The primitive charter of man's common property in the earth, and all that it contains, is the present section of this ancient document. Among other reasons for the formal conveyance to man of the herbs and trees may be noted a desire to keep him mindful of his dependent condition. Though lord of the creation, he was yet to draw the means of his subsistence from the creature which he ruled. Whether man was a vegetarian prior to the fall is debated. On the one hand it is contended that the original grant does not formally exclude the animals, and, in fact, says nothing about man's relation to the animals (Macdonald); that we cannot positively affirm that man's dominion over the animals did not involve the use of them for food (Murphy); and that as men offered sacrifices from their flocks, it is probable they ate the flesh of the victims (Calvin), On the other hand it is argued that the Divine language cannot be held as importing morn than it really says, arid that <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3</a> distinctly teaches that man's right to the animal creation dates from the time of Noah (Kalisch, Knobel, Alford, etc.). Almost all nations have traditions of a golden age of innocence, when men abstained from killing animals (cf. Ovid, 'Met.,' 1:103-106). Scripture alone anticipates a. time when such shall again be a characteristic of earth's inhabitants (<a href="/isaiah/11-7.htm">Isaiah 11:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Isaiah 65:25</a>). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/1-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then God אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative said, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Behold, הִנֵּה֩ (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! I have given נָתַ֨תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set you לָכֶ֜ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every seed-bearing זֶ֗רַע (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity plant עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀ (‘ê·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6212.htm">Strong's 6212: </a> Herb, herbage on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the face פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face of all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the earth, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every tree הָעֵ֛ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood whose אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that fruit פְרִי־ (p̄ə·rî-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> Fruit contains זֹרֵ֣עַ (zō·rê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify seed. זָ֑רַע (zā·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity They will be יִֽהְיֶ֖ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be yours לָכֶ֥ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> for food. לְאָכְלָֽה׃ (lə·’āḵ·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_402.htm">Strong's 402: </a> Food, eating <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/1-29.htm">OT Law: Genesis 1:29 God said Behold I have given you (Gen. 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