Genesis 1:29
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.
KJV
Dixitque Deus : Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram, et universa ligna quæ habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui, ut sint vobis in escam :
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ὑμῖν πᾶν χόρτον σπόριμον σπεῖρον σπέρμα, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπάνω πάσης τῆς γῆς· καὶ πᾶν ξύλον, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ καρπὸν σπέρματος σπορίμου· [ὑ]μῖν ἔσται εἰς βρῶσιν,
LXX
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:
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּה֩ נָתַ֨תִּי לָ/כֶ֜ם אֶת כָּל עֵ֣שֶׂב זֹרֵ֣עַ זֶ֗רַע אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל פְּנֵ֣י כָל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/אֶת כָּל הָ/עֵ֛ץ אֲשֶׁר בּ֥/וֹ פְרִי עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע לָ/כֶ֥ם יִֽהְיֶ֖ה לְ/אָכְלָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2402In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits.186 The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race. However, the earth is divided up among men to assure the security of their lives, endangered by poverty and threatened by violence. the appropriation of…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Acts 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.
- Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
- Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
- Dan 1:12 — Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
- Eccl 5:9 — Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
- Gen 1:11 — 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.
- Gen 2:16 — And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- Gen 6:21 — And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
- Gen 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
- Gen 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
- Hos 2:8 — 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.
- Isa 33:16 — He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Job 36:31 — For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
- Matt 6:11 — Give us this day our daily bread.
- Matt 6:25 — 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 raime
- Matt 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Ps 104:14 — 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;
- Ps 104:14 — 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;
- Ps 104:27 — These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
- Ps 111:5 — He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
- Ps 115:16 — The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- Ps 136:25 — Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 145:15 — The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
- Ps 146:7 — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
- Ps 147:9 — He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.