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Genesis 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very…
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
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The verses around Genesis 1:31.
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Verse explanation
God looks over everything He made across the six days, and this time He doesn’t just say ‘good’ — He says ‘very good,’ the final approval that closes the whole work of creation.
From the Genesis 1 study in Bible in Stories.
Genesis 1:31 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E viu Deus tudo quanto tinha feito, e eis que era muito bom: e foi a tarde, e a manhã, o dia sexto.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E viu Deus tudo o que havia feito, e eis que era bom em grande maneira. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia sexto.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Entonces Dios vio todo lo que había creado, y una vez más vio que era muy bueno. Así hubo tarde y luego mañana, lo cual fue el sexto día.
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