1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _ Elohim_ following immediately on _ Jehovah_ has a grammatical adjunct, its place will be taken by th... [ Continue Reading ]
2:3 it. (f-26) Lit. 'created to make.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:4 histories (g-4) Lit. 'generations.' the word implies 'origin' and occurs in chs. 5.1; 6.9; 10.1,32; 11.10,27; 25.12,13,19; 36.1,9; 37.2. Elohim (h-20) See ch. 1.1.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:5 grew; (i-21) Or 'no shrub ... was yet in the earth and no herb ... had yet grown.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:8 Eden (a-8) Pleasure.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:10 streams. (b-22) Lit. 'heads.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:12 bdellium (c-9) A fragrant resin. as generally understood. onyx (d-12) Or 'beryl.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:14 Hiddekel. (e-9) i.e. Tigris. Asshur. (f-17) Or 'flows before Assyria.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:16 eat; (g-16) Lit. 'eating thou shalt eat.' an idiom constantly occurring, as again in ver. 17, 'dying thou shalt die.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:18 like. (h-21) Or 'counterpart.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:20 like. (h-31) Or 'counterpart.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:23 Woman, (i-21) _ Ishshah_ . man. (k-29) _ Ish_ . so husband ch. 3.6,16.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:24 flesh. (l-21) Lit. 'to one flesh.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:25 Man (m-6) Or 'the man;' so chs. 3.20; 4.1... [ Continue Reading ]