Daily Bible Nugget #558, Genesis 1:11

The Nugget:

Gen 1:11  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

My Comment:

Yesterday I posted as the Daily Bible Nugget #557 the Bible reference Genesis 1:21. I noticed that Genesis 1:21 was not the first mention of the expression “after his kind.” I also noticed that more good cross references are given at the verse which contains the first mention of this expression at Genesis 1:11.

Here are the other mentions as found in the King James Version of the Bible:

Gen_1:11  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Gen_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.
Gen_1:21  And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen_1:24  And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Gen_1:25  And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen_6:20  Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Gen_7:14  They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Lev_11:14  And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
Lev_11:15  Every raven after his kind;
Lev_11:16  And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Lev_11:22  Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Lev_11:29  These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Deu_14:13  And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
Deu_14:14  And every raven after his kind,
Deu_14:15  And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
15 verses found, 23 matches
Genesis:
7 verses found
12 matches
Leviticus:
5 verses found
8 matches
Deuteronomy:
3 verses found
3 matches

The central point the Bible makes is that all reproduction is “after its kind.” There is no cross-over between kinds or species. It is possible to dig still deeper into the nitty-gritty details, but that should not be necessary here.

Here are the cross references given for Genesis 1:11 in my book, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:

Genesis 1:11

Let the. Gen 2:5, Job 28:5, Psa 65:9, 10, 11, 12, 13; Psa 104:14, 15, 16, 17; *Psa 147:8, Isa 42:5, Mat 6:30, *Heb 6:7.

grass. Heb. tender grass. Deut 32:2, Pro 27:25, Isa 15:6; *Isa 40:8, Dan 4:15; Dan 4:23, Mar 6:39.

seed. FS147D, +Gen 1:29.

fruit. Gen 1:29, Gen 2:9; Gen 2:16, *Psa 1:3, *Jer 17:8, Mat 3:10, Mar 4:28, Rom 6:22.

after. Gen 1:11, 12; Gen 1:12; Gen 1:21; Gen 1:21; Gen 1:24; Gen 1:24, 25; Gen 1:25; Gen 1:25, Gen 7:14; Gen 8:22, Jer 13:23; Jer 33:20, *Gal 6:7, 8, 9.

kind. Gen 6:20 h. +*Deut 14:13, Mat 7:16, 17, 18, 19, 20, *Luk 6:43; *Luk 6:44, 1Co 15:36, 37, 38, Jas 3:12.

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