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Verse Genesis 1:3. _AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT_] הי אור
ויהי אור YEHI OR, _vaihi or_. Nothing can be conceived more
dignified than this form of expression. It argues at once
uncontrollable auth...
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3. אמר _'āmar_, “say, bid.” After this verb comes the thing
said in the words of the speaker, or an equivalent expression. In this
respect it corresponds with our English “say.”...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE CREATION ACCOUNT
The manner in which the book of Genesis begins leaves no doubt that it
is the revelation of God. The creation account is historical truth.
The questio...
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Since the formula These are the generations of is usually placed by P
at the beginning of a section, whereas here it occurs at the end
(Genesis 2:4_a_), it is thought by many that its present position...
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A. THE PRIESTLY STORY OF CREATION. This section belongs to the
Priestly Document (P). This is shown by the use of several of its
characteristic terms, by the constant repetition of the formulæ, and
by...
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GOD SAID (occurs 10 times in Introduction). This begins each day: 3rd
day twice; 6th day four times. The second act is also of God (1 Peter
1:23). App-5.
BE LIGHT. become light (as in Genesis 1:2), n...
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The First Day
3. _And God said_ Observe here that the spoken Word is the only means
employed throughout the six days" Creation, cf. Psalms 33:6; Psalms
33:9, "By the word of the Lord were the heavens...
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The Beginning of all Things, and the First Creation Day
1. _In the beginning B'rêshîth_: LXX ἐν ἀρχῇ : Lat. _in
principio_. This opening word expresses the idea of the earliest time
imaginable. It co...
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AND GOD SAID— _To speak_ and _to will,_ with the Almighty, is to
_command._ His word is with power. Struck with the grandeur of this
passage, the celebrated Grecian critic Longinus produces it as an
i...
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Day One: Energy-Matter, Motion, Light (Genesis 1:2-5)
_And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of
the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters_.
1. The w...
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PART SIX: THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE COSMIC WEEK OF BEGINNINGS
Genesis 1:2-19
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The verb
_bara,_ translated create, writes Skinner (ICC, 15) is u...
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_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 ei...
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THE CREATION
'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know
that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything
that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jewish...
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AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT] A sublime sentence! 'By the word of
the Lord were the heavens made.' Light and darkness are regarded as
two objects, each occupying a place of its own (Job 38:19). Li...
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God made light because it would be necessary later. Later, he made
plants. Plants cannot grow if there is no light. Later, he made
animals and men. They cannot see if there is no light....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
ABOUT GENESIS
Many people think that Moses wrote Genesis. If he did, other people
probably helped him. And if he did, he may have used some of the words
o...
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THE CREATIVE DAYS.
(3) AND GOD SAID. — Voice and sound there could be none, nor was
there any person to whom God addressed this word of power. The phrase,
then, is metaphorical, and means that God ena...
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EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3)
the Deity is simply called _Elohim._ This word is strictly a plural of
_Eloah,...
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י אֹ֑ור
וַֽ יְהִי
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THE CREATION
Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1
IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of
this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding
the order in which plan...
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BEGINNINGS
Genesis 1:1
All beginnings must begin with God. Always put God first. The first
stone in every building, our first thought every morning, the first
aim and purpose of all activity. Begin t...
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The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of
the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do
appear" Hebrews 11:3), and accounts for the things which are s...
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"GOD CREATED"
It should be noted the writer of this account is not concerned with
science. However, no proven fact of science contradicts any scripture.
The expression "and God" is used 28 times in Ge...
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was (e) light.
(e) The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created:
therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God's
instrumen...
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. Light. The sun was made on the fourth day, and placed in the
firmament to distinguish the seasons, &c.; but the particles of fire
were created on the first day, and by their, or the earth's motion,...
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2 Corinthians 4:6. Is it not a sweet thought, that the same Spirit
which gave light to the old creation gives light to the new....
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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_‘ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THE LIGHT’_
“And God said, Let there be light.’
Genesis 1:3
I. WE HAVE REASON EVERY DAY THAT WE LIVE TO THANK GOD FOR LIFE AND
HEALTH, FOR COUNTLESS BLESSINGS. And not least...
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3._And God said _Moses now, for the first time, introduces God in the
act of _speaking_, as if he had created the mass of heaven and earth
without the Word. (48) Yet John testifies that
‘without him...
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Let us examine then the contents of this book in order. First, we have
the creation creation in which man is found placed on earth as centre
and head. We have first the WORK of God, and then the REST...
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AND GOD SAID,.... This phrase is used, nine times in this account of
the creation; it is admired by Longinus the Heathen in his treatise
"of the Sublime", as a noble instance of it; and it is most
bea...
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Ver. 3. _And God saith, Let there, &c._] He commanded the "light to
shine out of darkness." 2Co 4:6 "He spake the word, and it was done."
Psalms...
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_God said_ Not by an articulate voice; for to whom should he speak?
but in his own eternal mind. He willed that the effect here mentioned
should be produced, and it was produced. This act of his almig...
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[THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.]
1 The creation of Heauen and Earth,
3 of the light,
6 of the firmament,
9 of the earth separated from the waters,
11 and made fruitfull,
14 of the Sunne, Moone, and...
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THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE PRIMITIVE TIME OF THE HUMAN RACE,
AS THE GENESIS OF THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HEATHENDOM, AND OF ITS ANTITHESIS IN THE GERMINATING PATRIARCHAL...
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In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given
us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and
decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to mank...
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3-5 God said, Let there be light; he willed it, and at once there was
light. Oh, the power of the word of God! And in the new creation, the
first thing that is wrought in the soul is light: the bless...
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HE COMMANDED, not by such a word or speech as we use, which agreeth
not with the spiritual nature of God; but either by an act of his
powerful will, called the word of his power, HEBREWS 1:3 or, by hi...
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There is something peculiarly striking in the manner in which the Holy
Ghost opens this sublime book. He introduces us, at once, to God, in
the essential fullness of His Being, and the solitariness of...
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Genesis 1:3 God H430 said H559 (H8799) be H1961 (H8799) light H216 was
H1961 light H216
Earth - 3's...
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‘And God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light.'
This is God's first ‘action'. Here was a ‘big bang' indeed. The
writer is brief and to the point. God speaks and light is. That which
was wit...
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LET THERE BE LIGHT
Neither here nor in (Genesis 1:14) is an original creative act
implied. A different word is used. The sense is, made to appear; made
visible. The sun and moon were created "in the...
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Genesis 1
It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the
germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the
sublime record of the origin of light: "And God said...
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Genesis 1:1. _In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth._
When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long
ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, but i...
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CONTENTS: Original creation and the renovating of earth for
habitation of man. Creation of animal and human life.
CHARACTERS: God, Genesis 1:1. Spirit, Genesis 1:2. Christ, Genesis
1:26 (See...
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_Let there be light_
THE CREATION OF LIGHT
I. DIVINELY PRODUCED.
1. For the protection of life. Plants could not live without light;
without it, the flowers would soon wither. Even in a brief night...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:1 Primeval History. Genesis 1:1 surveys
the history of the world before Abraham, while chs....
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:3 AND GOD SAID. God’s absolute power is
seen in that he merely speaks and things are created. Each new section
of ch. Genesis 1:1 is introduced by
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 1:3. And God said] Better (because of the strong _waw_, and
position of verb): “Then said God” = “the state of things being
as just described.” From this point the drama is u...
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Shall we now turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter one, verse one?
The word Genesis in Hebrew means "beginning." And so, it is "the book
of the beginnings", and in Genesis we find the beginning of the...
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God. Psalms 33:6 Psalms 33:9 Psalms 148:5 Matthew 8:3 John 11:43 Let....
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THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF CREATION
Genesis 1:1; _Revelation 21:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. The Book of Genesis is commonly
known as the Book of beginnings. It is there t...
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IN THE BEGINNING GOD
Genesis 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In these days of humanizing God, we need to give more time to the
study of God's eternity. The Bible opens with the expression, "In the
beginning...
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have a very interesting study to set before you today. Most of us
realize how vital a part the Holy Spirit plays in our own exp...
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We have here a farther account of the first day's work. In which
observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was
light, the great beauty and blessing of the universe: like the f...