Genesis 1:11-13

"And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, herbs, yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day."

It is the entire kingdom of plant life, or vegetation, that appeared on the third day, not simultaneously with the divisions of the seas and dry land, but in a separate creative act.

"Yielding seed ... after their kind ..." Here is the law that like produces like. This eternal law of God regarding life yielding seed "after their kind" has never been repealed. The mutations that men are able to induce, or that infrequently appear of their own accord, are overwhelmingly inclined to be harmful and not helpful, frustrating completely the theories of evolution which are totally inadequate as an explanation of various species of either plants or animals.

"And God saw that it was good ..." This statement occurs seven times in this dignified, compact narrative. All of God's creative actions were well-pleasing to their Creator; and God recognized them as perfect and entire. The completeness of these actions is also inherent in such a statement as this.