God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 1:11 in context
Genesis 1:8–14
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God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
10
God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
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God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
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The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
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