_IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH._ In the beginning God. The Hebrew word х_ 'ELOHIYM_ (H430)], from its derivation and use, signifies 'strong,' 'mighty;' and hence, though other names are applied in the Pentateuch to the Supreme Being, this appellation is used exclusively in t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM, AND VOID; AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON THE FACE OF THE WATERS._ And the earth was without form, and void. The relation of this to the preceding verse has been the subject of much discussion; some considering that there... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT: AND THERE WAS LIGHT._ Let there be light, х_ YªHIY_ (H1961) _ 'OWR_ (H216)]. It is deserving of particular notice that the substantive verb is used here, and not either х_ BAARAA'_ (H1254)] 'created' or х_ `AASAAH_ (H6213)] 'made.' It was manifestation of what had... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT, THAT IT WAS GOOD: AND GOD DIVIDED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE A FIRMAMENT IN THE MIDST OF THE WATERS, AND LET IT DIVIDE THE WATERS FROM THE WATERS._ Let there be a firmament, х_ RAAQIYA`_ (H7549)] - expansion. Our version, following the Septuagint and Vulgate, uses the word "firmament," which gives an erroneous view of the meaning... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET THE WATERS UNDER THE HEAVEN BE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO ONE PLACE, AND LET THE DRY LAND APPEAR: AND IT WAS SO._ Let the waters under the heaven ... i:e., which extended far and wide under the whole heavens. UNTO ONE PLACE, х_ MAAQOWM_ (H4725)] - position, station, receptacle. The... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVEN TO DIVIDE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT; AND LET THEM BE FOR SIGNS, AND FOR SEASONS, AND FOR DAYS, AND YEARS:_ Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, х_ Mª'OROT_ (H3974)] - luminaries, light-bearers, an entirely different word... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET THE WATERS BRING FORTH ABUNDANTLY THE MOVING CREATURE THAT HATH LIFE, AND FOWL THAT MAY FLY ABOVE THE EARTH IN THE OPEN FIRMAMENT OF HEAVEN._ Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, х_ YISHRªTSUW_ (H8317) _ HAMAYIM_ (H4325) _ SHERETS_ (H8318)] -... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD CREATED GREAT WHALES, AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT MOVETH, WHICH THE WATERS BROUGHT FORTH ABUNDANTLY, AFTER THEIR KIND, AND EVERY WINGED FOWL AFTER HIS KIND: AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD._ Every living thing that moveth. х_ REMES_ (H7431) is applied to all small animals that crawl, or ap... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD BLESSED THEM, SAYING, BE FRUITFUL, AND MULTIPLY, AND FILL THE WATERS IN THE SEAS, AND LET FOWL MULTIPLY IN THE EARTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH THE LIVING CREATURE AFTER HIS KIND, CATTLE, AND CREEPING THING, AND BEAST OF THE EARTH AFTER HIS KIND: AND IT WAS SO._ Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind. On the sixth day a further advance was made by the creation of terrestrial an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS: AND LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE, AND OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH._ Let us make man. The last stage in the progre... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TO EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH, AND TO EVERY FOWL OF THE AIR, AND TO EVERY THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH, WHEREIN THERE IS LIFE, I HAVE GIVEN EVERY GREEN HERB FOR MEAT: AND IT WAS SO._ I have given you every herb ... and every tree ... for meat. They were to be sustained on the products of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAW EVERY THING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE SIXTH DAY._ Saw that it was very good. In the simple anthromorphic style of this history, the Creator is represented as an artist, and in all the successive stages of the creative work... [ Continue Reading ]