Genesis 1:28-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:29

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 ( Genesis 1:12 ), the two last were assigned to man for food. Macdonald thinks that without this express... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat. The first of the three classes of plants, grass, was assigned to the animals for food. From this Delitzsch infers that prior to the introduction of sin the animals were not predaceous. The geological evidence of the existence of death in prehistoric times is, however, too powerful to be resisted; and the Biblical record... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:24-31

- VIII. The Sixth Day24. בהמה behēmâh, “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”רמשׂ remeś, “creeping (small or low) animals.”חוּה chayâh, “living thing; animal.”חוּת־חארץ chayatô-chā'ārets, “wild beast.”26. אדם 'ādām, “man, mankind;” “be red.” A collective noun, having no plural number, and therefore denoting either an individual of the kind, or the kind or race itself. It is connected in etymology with אדמה 'ădāmâh, “the red soil,” from which the human body was formed Genesis 2:7. It therefore... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:28

Genesis 1:28. Be fruitful, and replenish the earth A large estate is given them, and they are to fill it with inhabitants, to cultivate it, and enjoy the fruits it produces. But these words rather contain a benediction and a promise, than a command, as appears from Genesis 1:22, where the same words are applied to the brute creatures, which are not capable of understanding or obeying a command. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:29-30

Genesis 1:29-30 . I have given you every herb It does not appear that liberty was given to men to eat animal food before the flood. Indeed, there seems to have been no need of it, as before the deluge, and more especially before the earth was cursed for the sin of man, undoubtedly its fruits were not only brought forth in greater abundance, but were both more pleasant to the taste, and more strengthening and nourishing to the body, than they were after these events. And to every beast ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:1-31

THE STORY OF CREATIONThe Bible and scienceModern science has revealed so much about the wonders and the size of the physical universe that human beings may seem almost to be nothing. The Bible takes a different view. Human beings are its main concern, for they alone are made in God’s image. The story of creation is but an introduction to the story of God’s dealings with the human race. The Bible demonstrates this order of importance from the outset by fitting the story of creation into a mere... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:28

them. Emph. Figure of speech Prolepsis ( App-6 ). The actual building of Eve not till Genesis 2:20-23 . replenish = fill, as Genesis 1:22 and nearly every occurrence. have dominion. Compare Psalms 8:0 . Hebrews 2:6-8 . "But now . . . not yet. " read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:29

bearing seed . . . yielding seed. Heb, "seeding seed". Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) for emph. for meat. Not flesh till after the Flood (Genesis 9:3 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:30

life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. Compare Genesis 1:20 ; Genesis 2:7 and App-18 . I have given. Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 . a) correctly supplied from Genesis 1:29 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 1:26-28

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over everything that creepeth upon the earth. And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish... read more

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