Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 1:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
The earth brings forth the commanded vegetation, and God evaluates it as good.
Read It With
- Genesis 1:1–2:3
Read verses 11–13 together. This verse records fulfillment and evaluation; verse 13 closes the third day.
Why It Needs Context
The verse confirms the command's effectiveness but does not independently define modern biological categories behind 'kind.'
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 1:1–2:3 — God Orders, Fills, and Blesses CreationSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 1:1–2:3
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, verse structure, and the repeated creation formulas.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 1:1–2:3
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