Genesis 1:11 (DBY)

Passage

And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.

Nearby Context

Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.

Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry [land] Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.

Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:13 And there was evening, and there was morning a third day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "earth", "cause", "grass", "spring", "herb", "producing", and "seed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "earth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And God called the dry land Earth..." into verse 12's "And the earth brought forth grass herb...", so "said" and "earth" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "earth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.