let the earth bring forth - The bare soil was clothed with verdure, and it is noticeable that the trees, plants, and grasses - the three great divisions of the vegetable kingdom here mentioned - were not called into existence in the same way as the light and the air; they were made to grow, and they grew as they do still out of the ground - not, however, by the slow process of vegetation, but through the divine power, without rain, dew, or any process of labor - sprouting up and flourishing in a single day.