Genesis 1:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

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  • Mark 4:28 : 28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
  • Isa 55:10-11 : 10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food; 11 So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
  • Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.
  • Matt 13:24-26 : 24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field: 25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away. 26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
  • Luke 6:44 : 44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.
  • 2 Cor 9:10 : 10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

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  • Gen 1:3-11
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    3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

    5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

    6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

    7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

    8 And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

    9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

    10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

  • Gen 1:17-31
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    17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

    18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

    19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

    20 And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

    21 And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

    22 And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

    23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

    24 And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

    25 And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

    26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

    27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

    28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

    29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

    30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

    31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • Gen 2:8-9
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    8 And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

    9 And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

  • Gen 1:13-15
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    13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

    14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

    15 And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 2:4-6
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    4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

    5 In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

    6 But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.

  • 28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

  • 14 He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

  • 19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

  • 18 Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

  • Gen 2:15-16
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    15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

    16 And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

  • 17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

  • 14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

  • 12 The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

  • 8 He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

  • 17 Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

  • 25 And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

  • 1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

  • 12 Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things.

  • 7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

  • 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

  • 19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

  • 5 I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.