Genesis 1:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.” And it came to be so.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

Common English Bible

¹¹ God said, “Let the earth grow plant life: plants yielding seeds and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds inside it, each according to its kind throughout the earth.” And that’s what happened.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And he said, "Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth." And so it became.

Genesis 1:11 Cross References

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29

And Elohim said, “See, I have given you every plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it is for food.

Genesis 2:16

And יהוה  Elohim commanded the man, saying, “Eat of every tree of the garden,

Genesis 2:5

Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for יהוה  Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground יהוה  Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, with the tree of life in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Job 28:5

Earth, out of which grows food, is turned underneath as by fire;

Psalm 1:3

For he shall be as a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That yields its fruit in its season, And whose leaf does not wither, And whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 147:8

Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to sprout on the mountains,

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the seed to shoot up, so the Master יהוה  causes righteousness and praise to shoot up before all the nations!

Jeremiah 17:8

“For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and does not see when heat comes. And his leaf shall be green, and in the year of drought he is not anxious, nor does he cease from yielding fruit.

Matthew 3:10

“And the axe is already laid to the root of the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 6:30

“But if Elohim so clothes the grass of the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more you, O you of little belief?

Mark 4:28

“For the soil yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the completed grain in the head.

1 Corinthians 15:38

But Elohim gives it a body as He wishes, and to each seed a body of its own.

Hebrews 6:7

For ground that is drinking the rain often falling on it, and is bearing plants fit for those by whom it is tilled, receives blessing from Elohim,

James 3:12

My brothers, is a fig tree able to bear olives, or a grapevine figs? So neither is a fountain able to make salt and sweet water.