Genesis 1:11-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:9-13

The third day's work is related in these verses?the forming of the sea and the dry land, and the making of the earth fruitful. Hitherto the power of the Creator had been exerted and employed about the upper part of the visible word; the light of heaven was kindled, and the firmament of heaven fixed: but now he descends to this lower world, the earth, which was designed for the children of men, designed both for their habitation and for their maintenance; and here we have an account of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:11

And God said, let the earth bring forth grass ,.... Which had been impregnated by the Spirit of God that moved upon it when a fluid; and though now become dry land, it retained sufficient moisture in it, and was juicy and fit to produce vegetables; and especially as it had the advantage of the expanded air about it, and the warmth of the primordial light or fire; though all this would have been insufficient to produce plants and trees at full growth, with their seed in them, and fruit on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass ,.... In great abundance at once; the hills and vales were clothed with it, and so a rich provision was made the beasts and cattle of the earth two or three days before they were created: and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself after his kind : wholesome and healthful herbs and plants, and delicious fruit to be meat and food for man, ready prepared for him when created; see Genesis 1:29 on this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:11

Let the earth bring forth grass - herb - fruit-tree, etc. - In these general expressions all kinds of vegetable productions are included. Fruit-tree is not to be understood here in the restricted sense in which the term is used among us; it signifies all trees, not only those which bear fruit, which may be applied to the use of men and cattle, but also those which had the power of propagating themselves by seeds, etc. Now as God delights to manifest himself in the little as well as in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:12

Whose seed was in itself - Which has the power of multiplying itself by seeds, slips, roots, etc., ad infinitum; which contains in itself all the rudiments of the future plant through its endless generations. This doctrine has been abundantly confirmed by the most accurate observations of the best modern philosophers. The astonishing power with which God has endued the vegetable creation to multiply its different species, may be instanced in the seed of the elm. This tree produces one... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:11

Verse 11 11.Let the earth bring forth grass Hitherto the earth was naked and barren, now the Lord fructifies it by his word. For though it was already destined to bring forth fruit, yet till new virtue proceeded from the mouth of God, it must remain dry and empty. For neither was it naturally fit to produce anything, nor had it a germinating principle from any other source, till the mouth of the Lord was opened. For what David declares concerning the heavens, ought also to be extended to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:9-12

Sea, land, and vegetation, contrasted and compared. I. CONTRASTED , in respect of— 1. Their constitutions ; — sea being matter liquid and mobile, land matter solid and dry, vegetation matter organized and living. All God's creatures have their own peculiar natures and characteristic structures. Each one's nature is that which makes it what it is. A change of constitutional characteristics would be equivalent to an alteration of being. The nature and structure of each are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 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. Three terms are employed to describe the vegetation here summoned into existence. Kalisch regards the first as a generic term, including the second and the third; but they are better understood as distinct classes:— read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:12

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. It is noticeable that the vegetation of the third day sprang from the soil in the same natural manner in which all subsequent vegetation has done, viz; by growth, which seems to resolve the well-known problem of whether the tree was before the seed, or the seed before the tree, in favor of the latter alternative, although in the order of nature the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:9-13

- V. The Third Day9. קוה qāvâh “turn, bind, gather, expect.”יבשׁה yabāshâh “the dry, the ground.” יבשׁ yabēsh, “be dry.” בושׁ bôsh, “be abashed.”11. דשׁא deshe', “green thing, grass.”עשׂב ‛ēśāb, “herb.”זרע zēra‛, “seed.” זרע zāra‛, “sow,” sero.פרי perı̂y, “fruit.” ברה pārâh, “bear”; φέρω pherō.The work of creation on this day is evidently twofold, - the distribution of land and water, and the creation of plants. The former part of it is completed, named, reviewed, and approved... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:9-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:9-13

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