Genesis 1:11
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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.Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
In other translations
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.Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430תַּדְשֵׁאtadshe'let it sproutH1876הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776דֶּשֶׁאdeshe'vegetationH1877עֵשֶׂב'esevplant[s]H6212מַזְרִיעַmazria'[which] bears seedH2232זֶרַעzera'seedH2233עֵץ'etztree[s] ofH6086פְּרִיperifruitH6529עֹשֶׂה'osehproducingH6213פְּרִיperifruitH6529לְמִינוֹleminoto kind itsH4327אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834זַרְעוֹ־zar'ov-seed itsH2233בוֹvo[is] in <the> itעַל־'al-onH5921הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וַיְהִי־vayhi-and it wasH1961כֵן׃khensoH3651
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