Genesis 1:11-12

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Vulgate Text: Genesis 1:1-31 — Full Vulgate text quoted

  "11. And He said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth. And it was so. 12. And the earth brought forth the green herb"

• Verse 11: Let the earth bring forth — God alone actively produced all plants, of proper and perfect size, suddenly

  "11. LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH GRASS. -- "Let it bring forth," not by actively producing, as Cajetan and Burgensis hold, but by only supplying the material"

• Verse 12: And the earth brought forth — The earth actually brought forth all species of plants at God's command, full-grown with ripe fruit

  "12. THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH. -- Hence it is evident that on this third day the earth did not merely receive the power of producing plants"

• Verse 12: And the earth brought forth — Poisonous herbs and thorns were also created on this day

  "Note that on this third day the earth also brought forth poisonous herbs, likewise the rose with its thorns"