Genesis 1:11 (WEB)
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
Catechism · 1
God himself created the visible world in all its richness, diversity and order. Scripture presents the work of the Creator symbolically as a succession of six days of divine "work", concluded by the "rest" of the seventh day.
Fathers and councils · 14
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.34Book VIII
“But we would offer them to Him who 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.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11.
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Tertullian
“And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11, 12.
Read the whole comment“And so, when it afterwards attains its perfection, it ceases to be accounted void, when God declares, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit, whose seed is in itself, after its kind.”” — editor's note: Ver. 11.
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John Damascene
“He said in the beginning, Let the earth bring forth grass, and even until this present day, when the rain comes it brings forth its proper fruits, urged on and strengthened by the divine command.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“God made corn by saying, Let the earth bring forth grass, yielding seed after his kind and after his likeness, that bread may strengthen man’s heart: why then was Demeter (Ceres) worshipped?” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11.
Read the whole comment“This is the season of the creation of the world: for then God said, Let the earth bring forth herbage of grass, yielding seed after his kind and after his likeness.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11: grass, the herb yielding seed. The LXX. give an irregular construction, Βοτανὴν χόρτου σπεῖρον σπέρμα.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…Thee (being by other bounds divided from the society of the sea), them Thou waterest by a secret and sweet spring, that the earth may bring forth her fruit, and, Thou, O Lord God, so commanding, our soul may bud forth works of mercy according to their kind,—loving our neighbour in the relief of his bodily…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11. As he interprets (see sec. 20, note, above) the sea as the world, so he tells us in Ps. lxvi. 6, sec. 8, that when the earth, full of thorns,…
Read the whole comment““Learn to do well; judge the fatherless; plead for the widow,” that the earth may bring forth the green herb for meat, and the tree bearing fruit; and come let us reason together, saith the Lord, that there may be lights in the firmament of heaven, and that they may shine upon the earth.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11, 30.
Read the whole comment“…from the Church, they may flourish like grass; but grass bearing fruit, as is that of wheat: for even this is called grass in Holy Scripture; as in Genesis there is a command for the earth to bring forth every tree and every grass, and there is not added every wheat: which without doubt would not have been passed…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11. [See p. 206, supra.—C.]
Read the whole comment“On the fourth day, the Lord made the lights in heaven: “The sun to rule the day: the moon and stars to govern the night:” this was the work of the fourth day.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 3–19.
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Basil the Great
““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.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…His works and creation, and that it is He that has given us the fruits of the earth, who said in the beginning, “Let the earth bring forth the green herb;” [Gen 1:11] for this is no less a deed than that.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“…to their joints, since we have numberless instances in which nature has obeyed the commands of heaven; as the earth was bidden to bring forth the green herb, and did bring it forth; as the rock at the touch of the rod gave forth water for the thirsting people; and the hard stone poured forth streams by the mercy of…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 11.
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Leo the Great
“For as it is now day time and now night time, so the Creator has constituted divers kinds of luminaries, although even before they were made there had been days without the sun and nights without the moon.” — editor's note: He is of course following the Mosaic order of creation, where the creation of the day and night is ascribed to the first day and that of the Sun and Moon to…
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Cross-references · 30
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.17.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 29.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 14:15–21 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 22.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 22.