Genesis 1:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

9. קוה qāvâh, "turn, bind, gather, expect."

יבשׁה yabāshâh, "the dry, the ground." יבשׁ yab…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.

Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

Having attended to the air, God further exercised His power by setting the earth in order. Observe this remarkable fact: as soon as God made the dr…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Let the earth bring forth grass. Until now the earth was naked and barren; now the Lord makes it fruitful by His word. For though it was a…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And God said, let the earth bring forth grass Which had been impregnated by the Spirit of God that moved upon it when a f…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and they are still His. Though their use is allowed to humanity, the…