Genesis 1:11-13

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“... 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.”

Earth Science, Biology

Growth, Life, Seeds, Cycle ^{(60) (61)}

The water that was on the earth brought forth the seed that dried up within the land, which brought forth the grass. This was a grass that yielded fruit in the form of seeds that spread forth on the ground. This began a cycle of growth (Isaiah 55:10) begun by God. These seeds were disseminated and spread out to quickly populate an area.

Seeds also came up the third day from the watered and dried soil and formed into trees with fruit that contained their seeds (they were not proliferated right away). These kind of seeds were designed by God to bear plants that would put forth more fruit. The wording “of his kind” refers to the fact that all things produce after their own kind (such as, monkeys from monkeys and not people from monkeys).

Note: Groups of living organisms belong in the same created “kind” if they have descended from the same ancestral gene pool. This does not preclude new species because this represents a partitioning of the original gene pool. Information is lost or conserved not gained. A new species could arise when a population is isolated and inbreeding occurs. By this definition a new species is not a new “kind” but a further partitioning of an existing “kind”.