Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 1:11

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 it self , upon the Earth: And it was so.

The sence is, For the present let it afford matter, out of which I will make grass, (as mans Rib afforded matter, out of which God made Woman:) and for the future let it receive vertue or power of producing it out of that Matter which I have made, and suited to that end.

That which groweth of it self without Seed, or Manuring, and is the food of Beasts.

For the propagation of their several kinds, to wit, mature and perfect Herbs, which alone yield Seed. So afterwards God made man not in the state of Childhood, but of grown and perfect Age.

i. e. According to the several kinds of Fruits.

Now is by my constitution, and shall be for the future.

i. e. In some part of it self, either in the root, or branch, or leaf, or bud, or fruit. The sence is, Which is sufficient of it self for the propagation of its kind, without any Conjunction of Male and Female.

Marginal references: Heb. tender Grass, Gr. Herb.