Genesis 1

1 God creates heaven and earth;

3 the light;

6 the firmament;

9 separates the dry land;

14 forms the sun, moon, and stars;

20 fishes and fowls;

24 cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things;

26 creates man in his own image, blesses him;

29 grants the fruits of the earth for food.

beginning.

Pr 8:22-24; 16:4; Mr 13:19; Joh 1:1-3; Heb 1:10; 1Jo 1:1

God.

Ex 20:11; 31:18; 1Ch 16:26; Ne 9:6; Job 26:13; 38:4; Ps 8:3; 33:6,9

Ps 89:11,12; 96:5; 102:25; 104:24,30; 115:15; 121:2; 124:8; 134:3

Ps 136:5; 146:6; 148:4,5; Pr 3:19; 8:22-30; Ec 12:1; Isa 37:16; 40:26

Isa 40:28; 42:5; 44:24; 45:18; 51:13,16; 65:17; Jer 10:12; 32:17

Jer 51:15; Zec 12:1; Mt 11:25; Ac 4:24; 14:15; 17:24; Ro 1:19,20

Ro 11:36; 1Co 8:6; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16,17; Heb 1:2; 3:4; 11:3; 2Pe 3:5

Re 3:14; 4:11; 10:6; 14:7; 21:6; 22:13

without.

Job 26:7; Isa 45:18; Jer 4:23; Na 2:10

Spirit.

Job 26:14; Ps 33:6; 104:30; Isa 40:12-14

God.

Ps 33:6,9; 148:5; Mt 8:3; Joh 11:43

Let.

Job 36:30; 38:19; Ps 97:11; 104:2; 118:27; Isa 45:7; 60:19; Joh 1:5,9

Joh 3:19; 2Co 4:6; Eph 5:8,14; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jo 1:5; 2:8

that.

10,12,18,25,31; Ec 2:13; 11:7

the light from the darkness. Heb. between the light andbetween the darkness.

Day, and.

8:22; Ps 19:2; 74:16; 104:20; Isa 45:7; Jer 33:20; 1Co 3:13; Eph 5:13

1Th 5:5

And the evening and the morning were. Heb. And the eveningwas, and the morning was.

8,13,19,23,31

Let there.

14,20; 7:11,12; Job 26:7,8,13; 37:11,18; 38:22-26; Ps 19:1; 33:6,9

Ps 104:2; 136:5,6; 148:4; 150:1; Ec 11:3; Jer 10:10,12,13; 51:15

Zec 12:1

firmament. Heb. expansion.

divided.

Pr 8:28,29

above.

Job 26:8; Ps 104:10; 148:4; Ec 11:3

and it.

9,11,15,24; Mt 8:27

God.

5,10; 5:2

evening.

5,13,19,23,31

Job 26:7,10; 38:8-11; Ps 24:1,2; 33:7; 95:5; 104:3,5-9; 136:5,6

Pr 8:28,29; Ec 1:7; Jer 5:22; Jon 1:9; 2Pe 3:5; Re 10:6

God saw.

4; De 32:4; Ps 104:31

Let the.

2:5; Job 28:5; Ps 104:14-17; 147:8; Mt 6:30; Heb 6:7

grass. Heb. tender grass. fruit.

29; 2:9,16; Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8; Mt 3:10; 7:16-20; Mr 4:28; Lu 6:43,44

Jas 3:12

earth.

Isa 61:11; Mr 4:28

herb.

Isa 55:10,11; Mt 13:24-26; Lu 6:44; 2Co 9:10; Ga 6:7

13

Let there.

De 4:19; Job 25:3,5; 38:12-14; Ps 8:3,4; 19:1-6; 74:16,17; 104:19,20

Ps 119:91; 136:7-9; 148:3,6; Isa 40:26; Jer 31:35; 33:20,25

lights.Or, rather, luminaries or light-bearers; being a different world from that rendered light, in ver. 3, the day from the night.

between the day and between the night. and let.

8:22; 9:13; Job 3:9; 38:31,32; Ps 81:3; Eze 32:7,8; 46:1,6

Joe 2:10,30,31; 3:15; Am 5:8; 8:9; Mt 2:2; 16:2,3; 24:29; Mr 13:24

Lu 21:25,26; 23:45; Ac 2:19,20; Re 6:12; 8:12; 9:2

15

to rule. Heb. for the rule, etc.

De 4:19; Jos 10:12-14; Job 31:26; 38:7; Ps 8:3; 19:6; 74:16

Ps 136:7,8,9; 148:3,5; Isa 13:10; 24:23; 45:7; Hab 3:11; Mt 24:29

Mt 27:45; 1Co 15:41; Re 16:8,9; 21:23

he made the stars also. Or, with the stars also.

9:13; Job 38:12; Ps 8:1,3; Ac 13:47

Ps 19:6; Jer 31:35

19

Let the waters.

22; 2:19; 8:17; Ps 104:24,25; 148:10; Ac 17:25

moving. or, creeping.

1Ki 4:33

life. Heb. a living soul.

30; Ec 2:21

fowl that may fly. Heb. let fowl fly.This marginal reading is more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage with ch. 2:19. The word fowl, from the Saxon {fleon,} to fly, exactly corresponds to the original, which denotes every thing that flies, whether bird or insect.

open firmament. Heb. face of the firmament.

7,14

great.

6:20; 7:14; 8:19; Job 7:12; 26:5; Ps 104:24-26; Eze 32:2; Jon 1:17

Jon 2:10; Mt 12:40

brought.

8:17; 9:7; Ex 1:7; 8:3

God saw.

18,25,31

28; 8:17; 9:1; 30:27,30; 35:11; Le 26:9; Job 40:15; 42:12; Ps 107:31,38

Ps 128:3; 144:13,14; Pr 10:22

23

Let.

6:20; 7:14; 8:19; Job 38:39,40; 39:1,5,9,19; 40:15; Ps 50:9,10

Ps 104:18,23; 148:10Cattle, denotes domestic animals living on vegetables;--Beasts of the earth, wild animals; especially such as live on flesh; and--Creeping things, reptiles; or all the different genera of serpents, worms, and such animals as have no feet.

2:19,20; Job 12:8-10; 26:13

Let us.

3:22; 11:7; Job 35:10; Ps 100:3; 149:2; Isa 64:8; Joh 5:17; 14:23

1Jo 5:7

man.In Hebrew, Adam; probably so called either from the red earth of which he was formed, or from the blush or flesh-tint of the human countenance: the name is intended to designate the species.

in our.

5:1; 9:6; Ec 7:29; Ac 17:26,28,29; 1Co 11:7; 2Co 3:18; 4:4; Eph 4:24

Col 1:15; 3:10; Jas 3:9

have dominion.

9:2,3,4; Job 5:23; Ps 8:4-8; 104:20-24; Ec 7:29; Jer 27:6

Ac 17:20,28,29; 1Co 11:7; 2Co 3:18; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10; Heb 2:6-9

Jas 3:7,9

in the image.

Ps 139:14; Isa 43:7; Eph 2:10; 4:24; Col 1:15

See

26

male.

2:21-25; 5:2; Mal 2:15; Mt 19:4; Mr 10:6; 1Co 11:8,9

22; 8:17; 9:1,7; 17:16,20; 22:17,18; 24:60; 26:3,4,24; 33:5; 49:25

Le 26:9; 1Ch 4:10; 26:5; Job 42:12; Ps 107:38; 127:1-5; 128:3,4

Isa 45:18; 1Ti 4:3

moveth. Heb. creepeth.

Ps 69:34; *marg:

I have.

Ps 24:1; 115:16; Ho 2:8; Ac 17:24,25,28; 1Ti 6:17

bearing. Heb. seeding. to you.

2:16; 9:3; Job 36:31; Ps 104:14,15,27,28; 111:5; 136:25; 145:15,16

Ps 146:7; 147:9; Isa 33:16; Mt 6:11,25,26; Ac 14:17

9:3; Job 38:39-41; 39:4,8,30; 40:15,20; Ps 104:14; 145:15,16; 147:9

life. Heb. a living soul.

very good.

Job 38:7; Ps 19:1,2; 104:24,31; La 3:38; 1Ti 4:4

and the.

5,8,13,19,23; 2:2; Ex 20:11

Genesis 2

1 The first Sabbath.

4 Further particulars concerning the manner of creation.

8 The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;

15 man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge only forbidden.

18 The animals are named by Adam.

21 The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.

Thus.

4; 1:1,10; Ex 20:11; 31:17; 2Ki 19:15; 2Ch 2:12; Ne 9:6; Job 12:9

Ps 89:11-13; 104:2; 136:5-8; 146:6; Isa 42:5; 45:18; 48:13; 55:9

Isa 65:17; Jer 10:12,16; Zec 12:1; Ac 4:24; Heb 4:3

host.

De 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 21:3-5; Ps 33:6,9; Isa 34:4; 40:26-28; 45:12

Jer 8:2; Lu 2:13; Ac 7:42

And on.

1:31; Ex 20:11; 23:12; 31:17; De 5:14; Isa 58:13; Joh 5:17; Heb 4:4

seventh day God.The LXX., Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as [vav ,] which stands for six, might easily be changed into [zayin,] which denotes seven.

rested.Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.

blessed.

Ex 16:22-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:13-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; Le 23:3; 25:2,3

De 5:12-14; Ne 9:14; 13:15-22; Pr 10:22; Isa 56:2-7; 58:13,14

Jer 17:21-27; Eze 20:12; Mr 2:27; Lu 23:56; Heb 4:4-10

created and made. Heb. created to make.

the generations.

1:4; 5:1; 10:1; 11:10; 25:12,19; 36:1,9; Ex 6:16; Job 38:28; Ps 90:1,2

Lord.

Ex 15:3; 1Ki 18:39; 2Ch 20:6; Ps 18:31; 86:10; Isa 44:6; Re 1:4,8

Re 11:17; 16:5

plant.

1:12; Ps 104:14

had not.

Job 5:10; 38:26-28; Ps 65:9-11; 135:7; Jer 14:22; Mt 5:45; Heb 6:7

to till.

3:23; 4:2,12

there went up a mist. or, a mist which went up.

6

formed man.

Ps 100:3; 139:14,15; Isa 64:8

of the dust. Heb. the dust of, etc. dust.

3:19,23; Job 4:19; 33:6; Ps 103:14; Ec 3:7,20; 12:7; Isa 64:8

Ro 9:20; 1Co 15:47; 2Co 4:7; 5:1

and breathed.

Job 27:3; 33:4; Joh 20:22; Ac 17:25

nostrils.

7:22; Ec 3:21; Isa 2:22

a living.

Nu 16:22; 27:16; Pr 20:27; Zec 12:1; 1Co 15:45; Heb 12:9

a garden.

13:10; Eze 28:13; 31:8,9; Joe 2:3

eastward.

3:24; 4:16; 2Ki 19:12; Eze 27:23; 31:16,18

put the.

15

every.

Eze 31:8,9,16,18

tree of life.

3:22; Pr 3:18; 11:30; Eze 47:12; Joh 6:48; Re 2:7; 22:2,14

tree of knowledge.

17; 3:3,22; De 6:25; Isa 44:25; 47:10; 1Co 8:1

a river.

Ps 46:4; Re 22:1

Eden.Eden denotes pleasure or delight; but was certainly the name of a place, and was, most probably, situated in Armenia, near the sources of the great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Phasis, and Araxes.

Havilah.

10:7,29; 25:18; 1Sa 15:7 Bdellium is a transparent aromatic gum. The onyx is a precious stone, so called from a Greek word signifying a man's nail, to the colour of which it nearly approaches.

Nu 11:7

onyx.

Ex 28:20; 39:13; Job 28:16; Eze 28:13

Gihon.The Araxes, which runs into the Caspian sea.

Ethiopia. Heb. Cush.The country of the ancient Cussaei.

10:6; Isa 11:11

Hiddekel.

Da 10:4

The Tigris. toward the east of. or, eastward to.

10:11,22; 25:18

Euphrates.

15:18; De 1:7; 11:24; Re 9:14

the man. or, Adam.

2; Job 31:33

put.

8; Ps 128:2; Eph 4:28

God.

1Sa 15:22

thou mayest freely eat. Heb. eating thou shalt eat.

9; 3:1,2; 1Ti 4:4; 6:17

of the tree.

9; 3:1-3,11,17,19

thou shalt surely die. Heb. dying thou shalt die. surely.

3:3,4,19; 20:7; Nu 26:65; De 27:26; 1Sa 14:39,44; 20:31; 22:16

1Ki 2:37,42; Jer 26:8; Eze 3:18-20; 18:4,13,32; 33:8,14; Ro 1:32

Ro 5:12-21; 6:16,23; 7:10-13; 8:2; 1Co 15:22,56; Ga 3:10; Eph 2:1-6

Eph 5:14; Col 2:13; 1Ti 5:6; Jas 1:15; 1Jo 5:16; Re 2:11; 20:6,14

Re 21:8

good.

1:31; 3:12; Ru 3:1; Pr 18:22; Ec 4:9-12; 1Co 7:36

I will.

3:12; 1Co 11:7-12; 1Ti 2:11-13; 1Pe 3:7

meet for him. Heb. as before him.

And out.

1:20-25

brought.

22,23; 1:26,28; 6:20; 9:2; Ps 8:4-8

Adam. or, the man.

15

gave names to. Heb. called. but.

18

15:12; 1Sa 26:12; Job 4:13; 33:15; Pr 19:15; Da 8:18

made. Heb. builded.

Ps 127:1; 1Ti 2:13

brought.

19; Pr 18:22; 19:14; Heb 13:4

bone.

29:14; Jud 9:2; 2Sa 5:1; 19:13; Eph 5:30

flesh.

24

Woman. Heb. Isha.

1Co 11:8,9

taken.

1Co 11:8

Man. Heb. Ish.

leave.

24:58,59; 31:14,15; Ps 45:10

cleave.

Le 22:12,13; De 4:4; 10:20; Jos 23:8; Ps 45:10; Pr 12:4; 31:10

Ac 11:23

and they shall be one flesh.The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.

Mal 2:14-16; Mt 19:3-9; Mr 10:6-12; Ro 7:2; 1Co 6:16,17; 7:2-4,10

1Co 7:11; Eph 5:28-31; 1Ti 5:14; 1Pe 3:1-7

naked.

3:7,10,11

ashamed.

Ex 32:25; Ps 25:3; 31:17; Isa 44:9; 47:3; 54:4; Jer 6:15; 17:13

Eze 16:61; Joe 2:26; Mr 8:38; Lu 9:26; Ro 10:11

Exodus 20:11

31:17; Ge 2:2,3; Ps 95:4-7; Mr 2:27,28; Ac 20:7

Nehemiah 9:6

even thou.

De 6:4; 2Ki 19:15,19; Ps 86:10; Isa 37:16,20; 43:10; 44:6,8

Mr 12:29,30; Joh 10:30

thou hast.

Ge 1:1; 2:1; Eze 20:11; Ps 33:6; 136:5-9; 146:6; Jer 10:11,12

Col 1:15,16; Re 4:11; 14:7

the heaven.

De 10:14; 1Ki 8:27

preservest.

Ps 36:6; Col 1:17; Heb 1:3

the host.

Ge 2:1; 32:2; 1Ki 22:19; Ps 103:21; 148:2-4; Isa 6:2,3; Heb 1:6

Re 5:11-13

Psalms 95:3-6

For.

86:8-10; 96:4; 97:9; 145:3; Jer 10:6,7

a great.

47:2; 48:2; Jer 10:10; 46:18; 48:15; Da 4:37; Mal 1:11,14; Mt 5:35

above.

135:5; Ex 18:11; Isa 44:8; Jer 10:10-16

In.

21:2; Job 11:10

his. Heb. whose. deep.

135:6

the strength of the hills is his also. or, heights of thehills are his.

65:6; 97:5; Job 9:5; Mic 1:4; Na 1:5; Hab 3:6,10

The sea is his. Heb. Whose the sea is.

33:7; Ge 1:9,10; Job 38:10,11; Pr 8:29; Jer 5:22

hands.

Pr 8:26

O come.

1; Ho 6:1; Mt 4:2; Re 22:17

worship.

72:9; Ex 20:5; Mt 4:9; Mr 14:35; Ac 10:25,26; Re 22:8

kneel.

1Ki 8:54; 2Ch 6:13; Ezr 9:5; Da 6:10; Lu 22:41; Ac 7:60; 20:36; 21:5

Eph 3:14; Php 2:10; 1Co 6:20

our.

100:3; Job 35:10; Ec 12:1; Isa 54:5; Joh 1:3; 1Pe 4:19

Psalms 146:5

Happy.

33:12; 84:12; 144:15; De 33:29

the God.

46:7,11; 84:8; Ge 32:24-29; 50:17; Ex 3:6

whose.

39:7; 71:5; Jer 17:7,8; 1Pe 1:21

Psalms 148:1-7

1 The psalmist exhorts the celestial,

7 the terrestrial,

11 and the rational creatures to praise God.

Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.

89:5; 146:1; Isa 49:13; Lu 2:13,14; Re 19:1-6

all his angels.

103:20,21; Job 38:7; Isa 6:2-4; Eze 3:12; Re 5:11-13

all his hosts.

Ge 2:1

sun.

8:1-3; 19:1-6; 89:36,37; 136:7-9; Ge 1:14-16; 8:22; De 4:19

Jer 33:20

heavens.

113:6; 1Ki 8:27; 2Co 12:2

waters.

104:3; Ge 1:7; 7:11

for he.

33:6-9; 95:5; Ge 1:1,2,6; Jer 10:11-13; Am 9:6; Re 4:11

He hath also.

89:37; 93:1; 119:90,91; Job 38:10,11,33; Pr 8:27-29; Isa 54:9

Jer 31:35,36; 33:25

from the earth.

1

ye dragons.

74:13,14; 104:25,26; Ge 1:21; Job 41:1-34; Isa 27:1; 43:20; 51:9,10

Revelation of John 4:11

art.

5:2,9,12; 2Sa 22:4; Ps 18:3

to receive.

14:7; De 32:4; 1Ch 16:28,29; Ne 9:5; Job 36:3; Ps 29:1,2; 68:34

Ps 96:7,8

for thou.

10:6; Ge 1:1; Ex 20:11; Isa 40:26,28; Jer 10:11; 32:17; Joh 1:1-3

Ac 17:24; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16,17; Heb 1:2,10

and for.

Pr 16:4; Ro 11:36

Revelation of John 14:7

with.

Isa 40:3,6,9; 44:23; 52:7,8; 58:1; Ho 8:1

Fear.

11:18; 15:4; 19:5; Ge 22:12; Ps 36:1; 89:7; Ec 12:13,14

give.

4:9; 16:9; Jos 7:19; 1Sa 6:5; Isa 42:12; Mal 2:2; Lu 17:18

hour.

11:18; 15:4; 18:10,17,19; Eze 7:2,6; Da 8:19; Mt 25:13; Joh 5:25-29

1Pe 4:7

worship.

4:11; Ex 20:11; Ne 9:6; Ps 33:6; 95:5; 124:8; 146:5,6; Pr 8:22-31

Jer 10:10; Ac 14:15; 17:23-25