Genesis 1:28-30

The Creation of the World

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. t You shall have them for food. 30 And u to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 9:1
    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
    Genesis 9:7
    And you, be fruitful and multiply, teem on the earth and multiply in it.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 9:3
    Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
    Psalms 104:14 - 15
    You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
    Psalms 145:15 - 16
    The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 147:9
    He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
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