Arcana Coelestia #860
860. From these considerations it also becomes clear that all regeneration advances from evening to morning, as is mentioned six times in Genesis 1 where the regeneration of man is the subject. Here the evening is described in verses 2-3, the morning in verses 4-5. The present verse describes the first ray of light or the morning of this state as 'the tops of the mountains appearing'.
Herb
'Herb bearing seed,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:29, signifies truth in terms of its use. (Arcana Coelestia 57) Every herb in the Bible signifies some type of knowledge.
'Green herbs,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:30, mean food for the natural man.
'Eating the herb of the field,' as mentioned in Genesis 3:18, signifies that a person should live as a beast.
'Herb of the field' signifies spiritual truth.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 7626)