Genesis 1:30
And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et cunctis animantibus terræ, omnique volucri cæli, et universis quæ moventur in terra, et in quibus est anima vivens, ut habeant ad vescendum. Et factum est ita.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ πᾶσι [τοῖ]ς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς καὶ πᾶσι [τοῖ]ς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [καὶ π]αντὶ ἑρπετῷ τῷ ἕρπον[τι ἐπὶ τῆς] γῆς, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ [ψυχὴ]ν ζωῆς· καὶ πάντα χόρ[τον χλ]ωρὸν εἰς βρῶσιν. καὶ [ἐγένετ]ο οὕτως.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּֽלְכָל חַיַּ֣ת הָ֠אָרֶץ וּלְכָל ע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וּלְכֹ֣ל רוֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔ה אֶת כָּל יֶ֥רֶק עֵ֖שֶׂב לְאָכְלָ֑ה וַֽיְהִי כֵֽן
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Book XIII, Chapter XIX
24. But first, “Wash you, make you clean;” put away iniquity from your souls, and from before mine eyes, that the dry land may appear. “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. That rich man asked of the good Master what he should do to attain eternal life. …
St Augustine Book XIII, Chapter XXV
38. I would also say, O Lord my God, what the following Scripture reminds me of; yea, I will say it without fear. For I will speak the truth, Thou inspiring me as to what Thou willest that I should say out of these words. For by none other than Thy inspiration do I believe that I can speak the truth, since Thou art the Truth, but every man a liar. And therefore he that “speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own;” therefore that I may speak the truth, I will speak of Thine. Behold, Thou hast given unto us for food “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.” Nor to us only, but to all the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, and to all creeping things; but unto the fishes, and great whales, Thou hast not given these things. …
St Ambrose Concerning Widows, Chapter I. After having written about virgins, it seemed needful to say something concerning widows, since the Apostle joins the two classes together, and the latter are as it were teachers of the former, and far superior to those who are married. Elijah was sent to a widow, a great mark of honour; yet widows are not honourable like her of Sarepta, unless they copy her virtues, notably hospitality. The avarice of men is rebuked, who forfeit the promises of God by their grasping
5. But we are not bound by any prescribed limit of hospitality. For why do you think that what is of this world is private property when this world is common? Or why do you consider the fruits of the earth are private, when the earth itself is common property? “Behold,” He said, “the fowls of the air, they sow not, neither do they reap.” For to those to whom nothing is private property nothing is wanting, and God, the master of His own word, knows how to keep His promise. Again, the birds do not gather together, and yet they eat, for our heavenly Father feeds them. …