John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth ,.... Wild or tame, the cattle on a thousand hills; God took care and provided for these, being all his creatures, and designed to answer some end or other by their creation: and to every fowl of the air ; that flies in it, and to every creeping thing upon the earth ; even the meanest and lowest insect: wherein there is life ; or "a living soul"; that has an animal life, which is to be supported by food: I have given every green herb for meat ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:29-30
We have here the third part of the sixth day's work, which was not any new creation, but a gracious provision of food for all flesh, Ps. 136:25. He that made man and beast thus took care to preserve both, Ps. 36:6. Here is, I. Food provided for man, Gen. 1:29. Herbs and fruits must be his meat, including corn and all the products of the earth; these were allowed him, but (it should seem) not flesh, till after the flood, Gen. 9:3. And before the earth was deluged, much more before it was cursed... read more