Genesis 1:11-12 NLT,NIV,ESV

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 1:1-18

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Genesis 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have a very interesting study to set before you today. Most of us realize how vital a part the Holy Spirit plays in our own experiences, both in life and in service, We need, however, to remember that the Holy Spirit, from the very beginning, held a prominent and indisputable place in the relationships of Deity toward men. There is a special sense in which the Holy Spirit is the representative of the Trinity among... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 1:11-31

Creation Scenes Genesis 1:11-31 ; Genesis 2:1-2 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:12 , we find the story of God's command to the earth to bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit. In all of this there is a wonderful depth of meaning affecting our spiritual lives. 1. The call of God to us is for fruitfulness. Whether it be in the natural earth or in the lives of saints, the great heart of God desires fruit. We remember how Christ said on one... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:11-13

‘And God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation, herb yielding seed, and fruit tree bearing fruit in which is its seed, each according to its kind upon the earth.” And it was so. And the earth brought forth vegetation, herb yielding seed according to its kind, and tree bearing fruit in which is its seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning the third day.’ Again God commands and then what He commands takes place. Now God... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:1-31

Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:4 a. The Priestly Story of Creation.— This section belongs to the Priestly Document (P). This is shown by the use of several of its characteristic terms, by the constant repetition of the formulæ , and by the formal arrangement. P’ s interest in the origin of religious institutions is displayed in the explanation of the origin of the Sabbath. The lofty monotheism of the section is also characteristic of his theological position.The story rests upon a much older... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:9-13

Genesis 1:9-1 Chronicles : . Two acts are assigned to the third day, the separation of land and water, and the creation of vegetation. The former was apparently effected by the draining of the waters which covered the land into a receptacle (for “ one place” LXX reads “ one gathering” ), so that the dry land emerged into view. It was now possible for it to be clothed with vegetation, first the tender grass, then the herbs or larger plants, and finally trees, especially those that bore fruit.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:11

Let the earth bring forth; the sense is: For the present let it afford matter, out of which I will make grass (as man’s rib afforded matter, out of which God made woman); and for the future let it receive virtue or power of producing it out of that matter which I have made, and suited to that end. Grass; that which groweth of itself without seed or manuring, and is the food of beasts. The herb yielding seed, for the propagation of their several kinds, to wit, mature and perfect herbs, which... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:12

This clause is so often added, to show that all the disorders, evil and hurtful qualities, that now are in the creatures, are not to be imputed to God, who made all of them good; but to man’s sin, which hath corrupted their nature, and perverted their use. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 1:9-13

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 1:11. Kind] Prop. “form” or “shape,” hence “species,” “kind.” Comp. 1 Corinthians 15:38, where note the aorist tense = “as it (originally) pleased him:”—a hint on “the perpetuity of species.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 1:9-13THE SEA AND THE DRY LANDI. The Sea. “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place.” 1. The method of their location. The great waters which covered the earth were swept into one place, and were... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:1-31

Genesis 1:0 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the sublime record of the origin of light: "And God said, Let there be light, and there was light." Here light is evidently regarded as the first of all sublunary things. The principal agent in this work was the Son of God. He had made the third heaven. He had created angels. The strong Satan himself was originally the workmanship of Christ. It is no... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 1:11

bring forth grass It is by no means necessary to suppose that the life-germ of seeds perished in the catastrophic judgment which overthrew the primitive order. With the restoration of dry land and light the earth would "bring forth" as described. It was "animal" life which perished, the traces of which remain as fossils. Relegate fossils to the primitive creation, and no conflict of science with the Genesis cosmogony remains. Typist's Note: THE GAP THEORY]] read more