And the common distinction is, that image exists in the substance, likeness in the accidents of anything. Because Moses declares that the sun and moon were appointed for signs, they think themselves entitled to elicit from them anything they please. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. The reason of which is, that this matter was to be the seed of the whole world. Christians, therefore, properly contend, from this testimony, that there exists a plurality of Persons in the Godhead. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. "The greater light." Major Prophets Once more, at the conclusion of the creation, Moses declares that God approved of everything which he had made. For he there treats of conjugal fidelity, which the Jews were violating by their polygamy. General Epistles But whence has a dead element life? And she again bare his brother Abel. But since the Lord needs no other counsellor, there can be no doubt that he consulted with himself. Be Basic (Genesis 1-11): Believing the Simple Truth of God's Word (The BE Series Commentary) BE: 2010: Wiersbe, Warren W. Be Obedient (Genesis 12-25): Learning the Secret of Living by Faith (The BE Series Commentary) BE: 2010: Janzen, J. Gerald: Genesis 12-25: Abraham and All the Families of the Earth : ITC: 1993: Gowan, Donald E. "In our image, after our likeness". In like manner the work of grace in the soul is a new creation: and in a graceless soul, one that is not born again, there is disorder, confusion, and every evil work: it is empty of all good, for it is without God; it is dark, it is darkness itself: this is our condition by nature, till Almighty grace works a change in us. Moses describes the special use of this expanse, to divide the waters from the waters from which word arises a great difficulty. Luke-Acts God summons no foreign counsellor; hence we infer that he finds within himself something distinct; as, in truth, his eternal wisdom and power reside within him. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. And, according to him, spiritual regeneration is nothing else than the restoration of the same image. Pauline Epistles Gen 1:4. earth was so marred by the deluge, that we retain scarcely a moderate portion of the original benediction. The Old Testament In this we see Noah's very difficult task finished. It remains that we, purely enjoying the multiplied bounties of God, should learn not to profane such excellent gifts by our preposterous abuse of them. For this form of speaking, God created man, male and female created he them, is of the same force as if he had said, that the man himself was incomplete. Should any one take the exception, that he was merely studying brevity; I answer, that where he twice uses the word image, he makes no mention of the likeness. Let us then mark whom God here addresses when he commands them to increase, and to whom he limits his benediction. Undoubtedly Moses placed them both in opposition to all those created objects which pertain to the form, the ornament and the perfection of the world. Gen 1:28. Besides, as men were created to occupy the earth, so we ought certainly to conclude that God has mapped, as with a boundary, that space of earth which would suffice for the For it is of great importance that we touch nothing of God's bounty but what we know he has permitted us to do; since we cannot enjoy anything with a good conscience, except we receive it as from the hand of God. Moreover, my solicitude for thee has proceeded still further; it was thy business to nurture the things provided for thee, but I have taken even this charge also upon myself. But the Lord, a little while after, assigns herbs to both as their common food; and it may be observed, that in several parts of Scripture these two words are used indiscriminately. The opinion of some that it means the wind, is too frigid to require refutation. either that the spirit moved and agitated itself over the waters, for the sake of putting forth vigour; or that He brooded over them to cherish them. God forbid that by indulging the body, and the desires of it, we should make ourselves like the beasts that perish! And we do not knowwhen that person wrote the book. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Therefore his meaning is, that the world was made out of nothing. Commentary on Romans 4:13-25. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Gen 1:1. Gen 1:16. That it is, as the astronomers assert, an opaque body, I allow to be true, while I deny it to be a dark body. It seldom works that way, however. We do not: our light does not shine before God, as his lights shine before us. God divided the light from the darkness; for what fellowship has light with darkness? For although sowing and reaping require human art and industry; this, nevertheless, is natural, that the sun, by its nearer approach, warms our earth, that he introduces the vernal season, that he is the cause of summer and autumn. In the meantime, let us admire this wonderful Artificer, who has so beautifully arranged all things above and beneath, that they may respond to each other in most harmonious concert. Man was to be a creature different from all that had been hitherto made. 8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. "So God created man." Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Since, therefore, we daily see the earth pouring forth to us such riches from its lap, since we see the herbs producing seed, and this seed received and cherished in the bosom of the earth till it springs forth, and since we see trees shooting from other trees; all this flows from the same Word. Commentary on Genesis 10:1-7 (Read Genesis 10:1-7) This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. This indeed was formerly a common fable among heathens, who had received only an obscure report of the creation, and who, according to custom, adulterated the truth of God with strange figments; but for Christian men to labour (as Steuchus does) in maintaining this gross error is absurd and intolerable. Download a Three Year Torah Reading Schedule Three Year Torah Reading Cycle Commentary on Genesis Commentary on Exodus Commentary on Leviticus Commentary on Numbers Commentary on Deuteronomy Purchase a Hardcopy! "The first day". This truly is some portion, though very small, of the image of God. When we come to think about our works, we find, to our shame, that much has been very bad; but when God saw his work, all was very good. Certainly he does not give the reins to human passions, but, beginning at holy and chaste marriage, he proceeds to speak of the production of offspring. In which thing some of the Fathers are deceived who thought that they could defeat the Asians with this weapon that Christ alone is God's, image. For the words of God are to this Gen 1:2. I once heard the story of a man and his wife who decided to go to a drive-in movie. Major Prophets The blessing of God is added, that they may of themselves produce offspring. Pentateuch Whence the inference is drawn, that the three Persons of the Godhead are here noted; but since, as a proof of so great a matter, it appears to me to have little solidity, will not insist upon the word; but rather caution readers to beware of violent glosses of this, kind. A Commentary on the Story of Creation (Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 RSV) The opening chapters of the Bible are essential for our understanding of the rest of it. "Let the earth bring forth". All these are the works of God. -------------------- A righteous man or woman should be about winning their entire family to Christ and generally will be able to. In the fourth day's work, the creation of the sun, moon, and stars is accounted for. Hence the folly of those is refuted who imagine that unformed matter existed from eternity; and who gather nothing else from the narration of Moses than that the world was furnished with new ornaments, and received a form of The repetition also denotes how wanton is the temerity of man: otherwise it would have been enough to have said, once for all, that God approved of his works. Yet let us remember, that it is such a government as implies that the sun is still a servant, and the moon a handmaid. The first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying and useful account of the origin of the earth and the heavens. Genesis 1:10 Context. Man was made upright, Ecclesiastes 7:29. The Jews make themselves altogether ridiculous, in pretending that God held communication with the earth or with angels. (14-19) Animals created. The New Testament And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. because they are comprehended in the universal matter which was made out of nothing. briefly alludes to a subject which he afterwards means more fully to explain, and that the regular series of the history is inverted, yet in such a way as to make the true succession of events apparent. Gen 1:24. Thus the chief seat of the Divine image was in his mind and heart, where it was eminent: yet was there no part of him in which some scintillations of it did not In the very order of the creation the paternal solicitude of God for man is conspicuous, because he furnished the world with all things needful, and even with an immense profusion of wealth, before he formed man. Johannine Writings -------------------- When he soon afterwards adds, that God created them male and female, he commends to us that conjugal bond by which the society of mankind is cherished. Wherefore, although thou art, in a sense, constituted the father of the earthly family, it is not for thee to be overanxious about the sustenance of animals.'. Genesis 27 This chapter tells us a strange story of deceit, human intrigue, greed, indulgence, hatred and a complete lack of faith in God. which it was before destitute. John Calvin :: Commentary on Genesis: Chapter 1 ← Back to John Calvin's Bio & Resources. Hence some resort to allegory, and philosophize concerning angels; but quite beside the purpose. All of the commentary found here can be purchased, consolidated in hardcopy format as individual softcover books, one for each book of the Torah, or… God told Abram, “Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. But although there should appear no other reason but that it so pleased God, would it not be becoming in us to acquiesce in his judgment? Here lies the difference; Moses wrote in a popular style things which without instruction, all ordinary persons, endued with common sense, are able to understand; but astronomers investigate with great labour whatever the sagacity of the human mind can comprehend. (Col 3:10, and Eph 4:23.) Wisdom Literature But Moses ought rather to be listened to as our teacher, who would transport us with admiration of God through the consideration of his works. "Young's Literal Translation of the Bible renders Genesis 1:6 as, "And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'". (20-25) Man created in the image of God. Updated 2001-05-26; 14:31:36utc. "And God created." And let our make and place as men, remind us of our duty as Christians, always to keep heaven in our eye, and the earth under our feet. The Creator's wisdom and power are to be admired as much in an ant as in an elephant. But it seems futile for God to address fishes and reptiles. Thus the arrangement, as well of the heavens as of the lower atmosphere, is called "rakia" without discrimination between them, but sometimes the word signifies both together sometimes one part only, as will appear more plainly in our progress. reception of men, and would prove a suitable abode for them. And therefore Paul teaches us that, in eating and drinking we always sin, unless faith be present, (Rom 14:23.) our likeness,' that is, that he may be like God, or may represent the image of God. I must, however, in a few words, state the reason why Moses calls them signs; because certain (6-13) God forms the sun, moon, and stars. Poetical Books Yet Moses has not affixed to the work of this day the note that "God saw that it was good:" perhaps because there was no advantage from it Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was made of the same earth with theirs; and while he is in the body, he inhabits the same earth with them. That is, God willed that there should be a regular vicissitude of days and nights; which also followed immediately when the first day was ended. A major theme in the stories of Genesis 12-50 is how God overcomes obstacles in order to keep these promises." He called earth.] For the confirmation of the gloss above alluded to, a passage from Ecclesiasticus is unskilfully cited. "Let there be lights". Gen 1:21. The assertion of some, that they embrace by faith what they have read concerning the waters above the heavens, notwithstanding their ignorance respecting them, is not in accordance with the design of Moses. What Moses says however, admits a double interpretation; either that this was the evening and morning belonging to the first day, or that the first day consisted of the evening and the morning. How few, indeed, are there who "And let them have dominion." These opening chapters tell us what had been desired by God from the very beginning. 30 But that the seas, being gathered together as on heaps, should give place for man, is seemingly preternatural; and therefore Scripture often extols the goodness of God in this particular. The things, therefore, which he relates, serve as the garniture of that theater which he places before our eyes. This further difficulty is also to be encountered, namely, why Paul should deny the woman to be the image of God, when Moses honours both, indiscriminately, with Since, therefore, God has created the clouds, and assigned them a region above us, it ought not to be forgotten that they are restrained by the power of God, lest, gushing forth with sudden violence, they should swallow us up: and especially since no other barrier is opposed to them than the liquid and yielding, air, which would easily give way unless this word prevailed, 'Let there be an expanse between the waters.' this title. God said, Let there be light; he willed it, and at once there was light. Major Prophets For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. Commentary on Genesis 1:1,2 (Read Genesis 1:1,2) The first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying and useful account of the origin of the earth and the heavens. Marie Wetherill and Keith Simons. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. For he has joined the man to his wife, that they might produce a divine, that is, a legitimate seed. He that feeds his birds will not starve his babes. THE CONTEXT. We slightingly pass over the infinite glory of God, which here shines forth; whence arises this but from our excessive dullness in considering his greatness? We have already heard that before God had perfected the world it was an undigested mass; he now teaches that the power of the Spirit was necessary in order to sustain it. Nor, in truth, was he ignorant of the fact, that the moon had not sufficient brightness to enlighten the earth, unless it borrowed from the sun; but he 60 Under these circumstances, the woman was added to him as a companion that they both might be one, as he more clearly expresses it in the second chapter. A question here arises out of the word created. "To divide the day from the night." For as it became a theologian, he had respect to us rather than to the stars. Therefore the Lord, by the very order of the creation, bears witness that he holds in his hand the light, which he is able to impart to us without the sun and moon. "Raqiya means "an expanse. He moreover teaches by the word "created," that what before did not exist was now made; for he has not used the term "yatsar", which signifies to frame or forms but "bara", which signifies to create. Therefore, there is in this respect a miracle as great as if God had begun to create out of nothing those things which he commanded to proceed from the earth. Here he commemorates that part of dignity with which he decreed to honour man, namely, that he should have authority over all living creatures. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Prophets It is to no purpose to dispute whether this be the best and the legitimate order or not. For they judge prudently who maintain that the But now, although some obscure lineaments of that image are found remaining in us; yet are they so vitiated and maimed, that they may truly be said to be destroyed. Minor Prophets Johannine Writings Historical Books Commentary on Psalm 22:23-31. See Psalm 33:7. The power of God's providence preserves all things, and fruitfulness is the effect of his blessing. He therefore asserts that this mass, however confused it might be, was rendered stable, for the time, by the secret efficacy of the Spirit. Historical Books workmanship of the world was complete in all its parts, and had received, if I may so speak, the last finishing touch, he pronounces it perfectly good; that we may know that there is in the symmetry of God's works the highest perfection, to which nothing can be added. Of each of these mention is here made. Genesis: Overview. The faith of humble Christians understands this better than the fancy of the most learned men. Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. Paul says that we are transformed into the image of God by the gospel. Even the oldest books in the Bible refer to it (forexample, Exodus 3:15; Job 28:25-29). And, truly, the Lord, although he is the Author of nature, yet by no means has followed nature as his guide in the creation of the world, but has rather chosen to put forth such demonstrations of his power as should constrain us to wonder. Those who by sin were darkness, by grace become light in the Lord. Genesis 1:6-8 "Firmament" is translated from the Hebrew raqiya, which is derived from raqa which means "to spread abroad, stamp or stretch. Poetical Books recites many powers of the Godhead, yet always recalls us to the Father, and his Word, and spirit, as we shall shortly see. Gen 1:20. Wherefore, as the Jews foolishly condemn all the reckonings of other people, as if God had sanctioned this alone; so again are they equally foolish who contend that this modest reckoning, which Moses approves, is preposterous. That he made this image to consist in "righteousness and true holiness," is by the figure synecdoche; for though this is the chief part, it is not the whole of God's image. (31). Gen 1:22. shine forth. Gen 1:14. From what we see of heaven and earth, we learn the power of the great Creator. And to ascribe the least portion of a work so exquisite to angels, is a sacrilege to be held in abhorrence. All Rights Reserved. "In our image." Therefore, let GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Inasmuch as it makes little difference in the result, whichever of these explanations is preferred, let the reader's judgment be left free. For there was an attempering in the several parts of the soul, which corresponded with their various offices. Genesis 1:1 10 BC: Before Creation Genesis 1 14 When God Speaks, Something Happens Genesis 2 18 First Things First This Is My Father’s World—Or Is It? The earth, forsooth, was a most excellent adviser! The Old Testament No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. And it is certain that the world had been begun by the same efficacy of the Word by which it was completed. The Son of God, one with the Father, was with him when he made the world; nay, we are often told that the world was made by him, and nothing was made without him. The only difference is this, that the light was before dispersed, but now proceeds from lucid bodies; which in serving this purpose, obey the command of God. Then after the deluge, he expressly grants them the use of flesh. General Epistles GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Moses passes onwards to the fourth day, on which the stars were made. which they translate 'certain times', is variously understood among the Hebrews: for it signifies both time and place, and also assemblies of persons. Genesis 1:14 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Genesis 1:14, NIV: "And God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years," Genesis 1:14, ESV: "And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. It may also be added, that even man, though in a different respects is called the image of God. For this doubt might occur to the mind, how such a disorderly heap could stand; seeing that we now behold the world preserved by government, or order. © 2021 Christianity.com. 14 Yet John testifies that. Instead, the woman simply said, “Get up, Gilbert.” The speaker was none other than the woman’s husband.I probably feel the same way about introductions as “Gilbert” does. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. He does not ascribe such dominion to the sun and moon as shall, in the least degree, diminish the power of God; but because the sun, in half the circuit of heaven, governs the day, and the moon the night, by turns; he therefore assigns to them a kind of government. "To rule". When God in the beginning created the heaven and the earth, the earth was empty and waste. Genesis 4:1-10 KJV. David Guzik commentary on Genesis 10 describes the Table of Nations, the descendants of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Into that great name we are baptized, for to that great name we owe our being. Wisdom Literature Lastly, in the fifth chapter, without making any mention of image, he puts likeness in its place, (verse 1.) I answer, this mode of speaking was no other than that which might be easily understood. For whereas man ought to apply all his senses to the admiring contemplation of the works of God, we see what license he really allows himself in detracting from them. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. Gen 1:1. "Let there be a firmament." The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. www.easyenglish.bible. Even immediately after the fall of man, it had already begun to bring forth degenerate and noxious fruits, but at the deluge, the change became still greater. There are several Old Testament characters about whom we know a great deal, such as Abraham, Moses, and David. I shall not be very solicitous about the exposition of these two epithets, "tohu", and "bohu". exception; and therefore what Gregory declares falsely and in vain respecting statues and pictures is truly applicable to the history of the creation, namely, that it is the book of the unlearned. -------------------- 'And it was so." The use of the plural number intimates that this authority was not given to Adam only, but to all his posterity as well as to him. These reasons, however are not sufficiently strong: for it may be adduced on the opposite side, that the first men offered sacrifices from their flocks. Genesis 1:6-8. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up. Hitherto the earth was naked and barren, now the Lord fructifies it by his word. Let us rather conclude that God himself took the space of six days, for the purpose of accommodating his works to the capacity of men. The stars are spoken of as they appear to our eyes, without telling their number, nature, place, size, or motions; for the Scriptures were written, not to gratify curiosity, or make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints. Nor did Moses truly wish to withdraw us from this pursuit in omitting such things as are peculiar to the art; but because he was ordained a teacher as well of the unlearned and rude as of the learned, he could not otherwise fulfill his office than by descending to this grosser method of instruction. Genesis 1:10. For we have before contended, that because the world was created, it was made out of nothing; but now Moses says that things formed from other matter were created. "And God saw everything". Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Read more Share Copy Show footnotes A service of Faithlife / Logos Bible Software . Let us bless God for the gospel of Christ, and when we consider his almighty power, let us sinners flee from the wrath to come. "Let them be for lights." The Gospels "And the Spirit of God." Observe, that at first there was nothing desirable to be seen, for the world was without form, and void; it was confusion, and emptiness. God had before created the light, but he now institutes a new order in nature, that the sun should be the dispenser of diurnal light, and the moon and stars should shine by night. Man had already been created with this condition, that he should subject the earth to himself; but now, at length, he is put in possession of his right, when he hears what has been given to him by the Lord: and this Moses expresses still more fully in the next verse, when he introduces God as granting to him the herbs and the fruits. He means the artificial day, which begins at the rising of the sun and ends at its setting. For since the Lord stretches forth, as it were, his hand to us in causing us to enjoy the brightness of the sun and moon, how great would be our ingratitude were we to close our eyes against our own experience? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point In the meantime, however, the benediction of God so prevails that the earth everywhere lies open that it may have its inhabitants, and that an immense multitude of men may find, in some part of the globe, their home. Indeed, I do not doubt that Moses, after he had named Behemoth, (cattle,) added the other, for the sake of fuller explanation. Minor Prophets "He Moreover I acknowledge that the Scripture, although it 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was … What indeed does Moses assert to be signified by them, except things belonging to the order of nature?
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