11 And God said, (A)“Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants[a] yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:11 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29

For (A)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

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He covers the heavens with clouds;
    he prepares (A)rain for the earth;
    he makes (B)grass grow on the hills.

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14 You cause (A)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and (B)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (C)food from the earth
15     and (D)wine to gladden the heart of man,
(E)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to (F)strengthen man's heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    (G)the cedars of Lebanon (H)that he planted.
17 In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.

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You visit the earth and (A)water it;[a]
    you greatly enrich it;
(B)the river of God is full of water;
    (C)you provide their grain,
    for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with (D)showers,
    and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks (E)overflow with abundance.
12 (F)The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
    the hills (G)gird themselves with joy,
13 (H)the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
    the valleys deck themselves with grain,
    they (I)shout and sing together for joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 65:9 Or and make it overflow

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. (A)You shall have them for food.

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28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

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30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, (A)O you of little faith?

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As for the earth, (A)out of it comes bread,
    but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

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And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (A)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, (B)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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A Tree and Its Fruit

43 “For (A)no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for (B)each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

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16 You will recognize them (A)by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, (B)every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 (C)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them (D)by their fruits.

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When no (A)bush of the field[a] was yet in the land[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man (B)to work the ground,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or open country
  2. Genesis 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6

12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

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10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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(A)He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

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He is like (A)a tree
    planted by (B)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its (C)leaf does not wither.
(D)In all that he does, he prospers.

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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

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