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If beasts, birds, and bugs are not treated as objects of the verb(I gave) from verse 29, animals might be rendered as subjects relating to the verb
. Thus, animal subjects have a purpose (i.e., “being for food”), joined casually (i.e., “therefore”) with condition (i.e., “green soul”). Left alone, verse 30 suggests this, “And for every beast, bird, and bug [with a soul sustained by green plants], for food it exists therefore.”