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Genesis 1:12Gen.1.12

And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La terre produisit de la verdure, de l'herbe portant de la semence selon son espèce, et des arbres donnant du fruit et ayant en eux leur semence selon leur espèce. Dieu vit que cela était bon.

KJV

And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    tion. Plants, therefore, ought not to have been made on the third day. On the contrary, It is said ( Gn. 1:12 ): "The earth brought forth the green herb," after which there follows, "The evening and the morning were the third day." I answer that, On the third day, as said (A[1])…
  • Leo the Great + Gregory the Great

    NPNF-212. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great

    at bound his neck for martyrdom may loose yours from all sins. Indexes Index of Scripture References Genesis 1:1-19 1:2 1:2 1:5 2:7 2:17 2:17 3:14 3:19 3:19 4:4 9:1 11:7 12:3 18 18:1 18:20 19 19:20 19:21 21:10 22:18 22:18 25:23 27:27 28:12 29 31:47-48 32:24 33:11 34:1-3 34:2 34:2…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)

    a et munda creata sunt: unde in Genesi legitur: Vidit Deus cuncta, quae fecit, et erant valde dona (Gen. I, 10-12) . Videtur ergo his verbis Apostolus legem accusare, quae docet quaedam esse immunda. Sed absit. Imo ostendit, quia, quae prohibita sunt, sub figura utique sunt proh…

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