What does Genesis 1:11 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,c 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."
Verse Genesis 1:11. _LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH GRASS -- HERB -- FRUIT-TREE,_ _c_.] In these general expressions all kinds of vegetable productions are included. _Fruit-tree_ is not to be understood h...
- V. The Third Day 9. 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, gr...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE CREATION ACCOUNT The manner in which the book of Genesis begins leaves no doubt that it is the revelation of God. The creation account is historical truth. The questi...
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...
AFTER HIS KIND. Occurs 10 times (verses: Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:12; Genesis 1:12; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:24; Genesis 1:24; Genesis 1:25; Genesis 1:25;...
The Third Day Two Creative Acts. (1) The Separation of Sea and Earth (Genesis 1:9). (2) The Creation of the Vegetable World (Genesis 1:11) 9. _Let the waters … appear_ In this verse the dry land is r...
AND GOD SAID, LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH GRASS, &C.— The elements being formed, the sea collected to its proper place, and the surface of the earth appearing, the next act of Divine Power was to clothe...
PART SIX: THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE COSMIC WEEK OF BEGINNINGS Genesis 1:2-19 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The verb _bara,_ translated create, writes Skinner (ICC, 15) is u...
_AND GOD SAID, LET THE WATERS UNDER THE HEAVEN BE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO ONE PLACE, AND LET THE DRY LAND APPEAR: AND IT WAS SO._ Let the waters under the heaven ... i:e., which extended far and wide...
THE CREATION 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jewish...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ ABOUT GENESIS Many people think that Moses wrote Genesis. If he did, other people probably helped him. And if he did, he may have used some of the words o...
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3) the Deity is simply called _Elohim._ This word is strictly a plural of _Eloah,...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א הָ אָ֨רֶץ֙ דֶּ֔שֶׁא עֵ֚שֶׂב מַזְרִ֣יעַ זֶ֔רַע עֵ֣ץ פְּרִ֞י עֹ֤שֶׂה פְּרִי֙
THE CREATION Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order in which plan...
SKY, EARTH, SEASONS Genesis 1:6 There were successive stages in creation. The days probably represent long periods. It is so with the new creation in our hearts. See 2 Corinthians 5:17. In nature the...
The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" Hebrews 11:3), and accounts for the things which are s...
"GOD CREATED" It should be noted the writer of this account is not concerned with science. However, no proven fact of science contradicts any scripture. The expression "and God" is used 28 times in G...
And God said, (h) 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. (h) So that we...
_Seed in itself, either in the fruit or leaves, or slips. (Menochius) --- At the creation, trees were covered with fruit in Armenia, while in the more northern regions they would not even have leaves:...
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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 proce...
Let us examine then the contents of this book in order. First, we have the creation creation in which man is found placed on earth as centre and head. We have first the WORK of God, and then the REST...
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 i...
_And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good._ Ver. 10. _He called earth._] _This is, the earth which we tread (namely...
_Let the earth bring forth grass_ Here we rise to organized and vegetative bodies. Thus, before God formed any living creature to abide upon the earth, he wisely provided for its sustenance. _The herb...
[THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.] 1 The creation of Heauen and Earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made fruitfull, 14 of the Sunne, Moone, and...
THE CREATION OF THE DRY LAND, HERBS, AND TREES...
THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE PRIMITIVE TIME OF THE HUMAN RACE, AS THE GENESIS OF THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEATHENDOM, AND OF ITS ANTITHESIS IN THE GERMINATING PATRIARCHAL...
In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to mank...
GRASS: _ Heb._ tender grass...
6-13 The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour t...
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 rec...
There is something peculiarly striking in the manner in which the Holy Ghost opens this sublime book. He introduces us, at once, to God, in the essential fullness of His Being, and the solitariness of...
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‘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 brou...
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 li...
Genesis 1 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...
Genesis 1:1. _In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth._ When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, but i...
CONTENTS: Original creation and the renovating of earth for habitation of man. Creation of animal and human life. CHARACTERS: God, Genesis 1:1. Spirit, Genesis 1:2. Christ, Genesis 1:26 (See Colossi...
_Let the earth bring forth grass_ VEGETATION I. THAT IT IS THE RESULT OF A COMBINED INSTRUMENTALITY. 1. There was the Divine agency. It was the power of God that gave seed and life to the earth. Fo...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:1 Primeval History. Genesis 1:1 surveys the history of the world before Abraham, while chs. Genesis 12:1 focus on one main family. There are no real parallels to chs. Genesis...
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 perpet...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 1:9 _Day three_._ _The distribution of land and water and the production of vegetation on this day engaged the formative energy of the word of Elohim. AND GOD SAID, LET THE WATERS...
Now on the third day, God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering to...
Let the. Genesis 2:5 Job 28:5 Psalms 104:14 Psalms 147:8 Matthew 6:30 Hebrews 6:7 grass. Heb. tender grass. fruit. Genesis 1:29 Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:16 Psalms 1:3...
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Genesis 1:1 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 ex...