2.  “Let the earth bring forth grass yielding seed after his kind.”  So that although some kind of grass is of service to animals, even their gain is our gain too, and seeds are especially designed for our use.  Such is the true meaning of the words that I have quoted.  “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed after his kind.”  In this manner we can re-establish the order of the words, of which the construction seems faulty in the actual version, and the economy of nature will be rigorously observed.  In fact, first comes germination, then verdure, then the growth of the plant, which after having attained its full growth arrives at perfection in seed.