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Genesis 1:29Gen.1.29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et Dieu dit: Voici, je vous donne toute herbe portant de la semence et qui est à la surface de toute la terre, et tout arbre ayant en lui du fruit d'arbre et portant de la semence: ce sera votre nourriture.

KJV

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Patristic reading

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  • Aelius Herodianus

    Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας

    οιον. 1. 22 Ηes. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 522. 1. 23 Choer. 279, 2. 1. 24 Hes. 1. 25 Choer. 276. 3 cf. can. gen. 1. 29 Ηes. 1. 30 Choer. 275, 19. Verba ἀλλ’ ἰϲτέον — χέλλιοι (sequ. pag. 1. 7.8) adlecta sunt ex. E. Gud. 566, 32, nam hic E. Gudiani locus ex Choerobosco fluxit. μένων διὰ τ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ry for the health of his body, by subjecting to his power whatever was created for the sake of man ( Gn. 1:26-29 ). Therefore the New Law also, which is very necessary for the health of the soul, should have been given to man from the beginning of the world. On the contrary, The…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    the use of men. In fact this is in keeping with the commandment of God Himself: for it is written ( Gn. 1:29,30 ): "Behold I have given you every herb . . . and all trees . . . to be your meat, and to all beasts of the earth": and again ( Gn. 9:3 ): "Everything that moveth and li…

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