26 Then God said , "Let Us make man in Our image , according to Our likeness ; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [1]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth ." 27 God created man in His own image , in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, " Be fruitful and multiply , and fill the earth , and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [2]sky and over every living thing that [3]moves on the earth ."
29 Then God said , "Behold , I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the [4]surface of all the earth , and every tree [5]which has fruit yielding seed ; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the [6]sky and to every thing that [7]moves on the earth [8]which has life , I have given every green plant for food "; and it was so .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 1:26-30
Commentary on Genesis 1:26-28
(Read Genesis 1:26-28)
Man was made last of all the creatures: this was both an honour and a favour to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was made of the same earth with theirs; and while he is in the body, he inhabits the same earth with them. God forbid that by indulging the body, and the desires of it, we should make ourselves like the beasts that perish! Man was to be a creature different from all that had been hitherto made. Flesh and spirit, heaven and earth, must be put together in him. God said, "Let us make man." Man, when he was made, was to glorify the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Into that great name we are baptized, for to that great name we owe our being. It is the soul of man that especially bears God's image. Man was made upright, Ecclesiastes 7:29. His understanding saw Divine things clearly and truly; there were no errors or mistakes in his knowledge; his will consented at once, and in all things, to the will of God. His affections were all regular, and he had no bad appetites or passions. His thoughts were easily brought and fixed to the best subjects. Thus holy, thus happy, were our first parents in having the image of God upon them. But how is this image of God upon man defaced! May the Lord renew it upon our souls by his grace!
Commentary on Genesis 1:29,30
(Read Genesis 1:29,30)
Herbs and fruits must be man's food, including corn, and all the products of the earth. Let God's people cast their care upon him, and not be troubled about what they shall eat, and what they shall drink. He that feeds his birds will not starve his babes.