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Genesis 1

Genesis 1:12

The Creation · Genesis 1:1–31
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Translations

Modern
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Traditional
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Literal
And the earth brought forth vegetation: The plant bearing seed according to its kind, and the tree producing fruit (whose seed is in it) according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Latin
Et protulit terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen juxta genus suum, lignumque faciens fructum, et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.

Original

Hebrew
English
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Notes

Genesis 1:3–13

In the first three days, God shaped the formless world into a place where people and animals could live.

Genesis 1:1–2:3

  • These verses introduce the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible). They teach Israel that one true God created, ordered, and populated the world, not the gods of nearby nations.

  • God blessed three specific things:

    These three blessings emphasize the Creator's plan. God made humans in his image to rule in his place over earth's creatures and to join in God's Sabbath rest.

Events

Parallels

John 1:1–5 Hebrews 11:1–3

Glossary

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Topics

Cannabis Creation: Order of Third Day, Separating the Land from the Water, and Making Fruits: Natural Garden Genetic Engineering God: Creator Grass: God: Originally Created Herbs: Each Kind of, Contains Its own Seed Herbs: God: Created Jesus, the Christ: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to the Divinity of Plants Propagation of Species, Enjoined Seed: Every Herb, Tree and Grass Yields Its Own Seed: Every Herb, Tree, and Grass, Yields Its Own Trees: Each Kind Has Its own Seed for Propagating Its Species Trees: Nourished by the Earth Trees: Originally Created by God