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CHAPTER II
_The seventh day is consecrated for a sabbath,_
_and the reasons assigned_, 1-3.
_A recapitulation of the six days' work of creation_, 4-7.
_the garden of Eden planted_, 8.
_Its trees_...
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- The Seventh Day
1. צבא _tsābā'_ “a host in marching order,” a company of
persons or things in the order of their nature and the progressive
discharge of their functions. Hence, it is applied to th...
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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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Thus in six days God completed His work of creation, and as He
reviewed it He uttered the same verdict on the whole, only in a
heightened form (very good and not merely good) that He had uttered on
th...
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J'S STORY OF CREATION AND PARADISE LOST. This story does not belong to
P, for it is free from its characteristics in style, vocabulary, and
point of view. It is distinguished from P's creation story b...
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III. THE SABBATH. NSTITUTED.
2:1. THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED.
As described in the preceding chapter. The first three verses of
chapter. really belong to chapter 1, as the change of...
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THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. "which are now" (2 Peter 3:7), see
Structure on p. 1. Hence without Hebrew Particle _'eth_. See note on
Genesis 1:1 and Deuteronomy 4:26....
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NOTE ON THE SABBATH
In connexion with the Institution of the Sabbath recorded in Genesis
2:1-3 the following points deserve to be noticed.
1. The writer gives the reason for the sanctity among the H...
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Genesis 2:1-4 a. The Seventh Day: (_a_) The Cessation from Work; (_b_)
The Hallowing of the Day
1. _were finished_ In these verses the repetition of the words
"finish," "work," "seventh day," "made,...
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HOST OF THEM— All the creatures in the heavens and the earth are
called their _hosts_, for their multitude, variety, order, power, and
subjection to the Lord of hosts. Nothing remained farther to be d...
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Day Seven: Rest Genesis 2:1-3
_And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made;
and he rested on the seventh day...
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_THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED, AND ALL THE HOST OF
THEM._
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished. This sentence does not
refer to the arrangements which have just been described...
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ALL THE HOST OF THEM] i.e. 'all the contents of heaven and earth.'...
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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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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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II.
THE SABBATH.
(1) WERE FINISHED. — The first three verses of this chapter form
part of the previous narrative, and contain its Divine purpose. For
the great object of this hymn of creation is to gi...
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וַ יְכֻלּ֛וּ הַ שָּׁמַ֥יִם וְ הָ
אָ֖רֶץ
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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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MAN IN EDEN, INNOCENCE
Genesis 2:1
The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from
the use of the same term for God- _Elohim._ God's Rest was not from
weariness, or exhaustion,...
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This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct
movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account.
First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed"
su...
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A DAY OF REST
A Bible school teacher once told the story of creation. One of her
four year old students then said, "On the seventh day God went to
jail." When asked to explain, he said, "You said that...
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MAN IS DIFFERENT
Until man's creation, everything was spoken into existence. Man was
different (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:7). God took of the dust of the
earth and made man in his own image. Man's liken...
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the (a) host of
them.
(a) That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and
earth....
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_Furniture, ornaments or militia, whether we understand the Angels, or
the stars, which observe a regular order and obey God. (Menochius)_...
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.
This Chapter is remarkable for the events recorded in it, which took
place immediately after creation-work was finished. In it i...
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_THE COMPLETED WORK_
‘Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.’
Genesis 2:1
The heavens and the earth were finished when God created man in His
own image. Then the un...
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1._Thus the heavens and the earth were finished _(100) Moses summarily
repeats that in six days the fabric of the heaven and the earth was
completed. The general division of the world is made into the...
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In chapter 2 we have man's relationship with God, and his own portion
as such. Hence the LORD [1] God is introduced: not merely God as a
creator, but God in relationship with those He has created. Hen...
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THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED,.... Perfected and
completed in the space of six days, gradually, successively, in the
manner before related; by the word and power of God they were on the...
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_Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them._
Ver. 1. _All the host of them._] His upper and nether forces, his
horse and foot, as it were, all creatures in heaven, earth,...
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_The host of them_ That is, the creatures contained therein. _The host
of heaven_, in Scripture language, sometimes signifies the stars, and
sometimes the angels. But, as Moses gives us no intimation,...
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1 The first Sabbath.
4 The maner of the creation.
8 The planting of the garden of Eden,
10 and the riuer thereof.
17 The tree of knowledge onely forbidden. 19-20 The naming of the
creatures.
21 T...
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of them.
The actual work of creation had been done in six days, all the created
beings in heaven and earth, angels, birds, animals, and me...
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The Sabbath of Creation...
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See Genesis 1:1 ff for the passage quote with footnotes for Genesis
2:1-3
12.Genesis 2:1. _The Divine Sabbath_. Genesis 2:1. Thus the heavens
and the ear
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THE SEVENTH DAY
The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1.
"Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were
finished." The work of the first creation occupied s...
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1-3 After six days, God ceased from all works of creation. In
miracles, he has overruled nature, but never changed its settled
course, or added to it. God did not rest as one weary, but as one well
p...
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GENESIS CHAPTER 2 The sabbath insituted and blessed, GENESIS 2:2. A
rehearsal of the creation; and, (1.) Of vegetables, GENESIS 2:4. The
earth watered, GENESIS 2:6. (2.) Of man,...
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The chapter introduces to our notice two prominent subjects, namely,
"the seventh day" and "the river." The first of these demands special
attention.
There are few subjects on which so much misunderst...
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Genesis 2:1 heavens H8064 earth H776 them H6635 finished H3615 (H8792)
Thus the - Genesis 2:4,...
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‘Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of
them.'
This use of the word ‘host' is unusual. Here it signifies the
totality of creation, including sun, moon and stars, the differe...
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Genesis 2:1
The heavens and the earth were finished when God created man in His
own image. Then the universe was what He designed it to be; then He
could look, not upon a portion of it, but upon the...
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Genesis 2:1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work whi...
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CONTENTS: God's Sabbath rest. The creative act of Genesis 1:27
explained. The Edenic covenant.
CHARACTERS: God, Adam, Eve.
CONCLUSION: Man is a threefold being, body, soul and spirit. The real
man i...
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Genesis 2:1. By _host_ is meant, not the angels, as some have thought,
but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6.
Genesis 2:2. _On the seventh day God ended his work._ The Samaritan
Pentateuch reads, the si...
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_Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them_
THE COMPLETED CREATION
I. THE CREATION WAS A GRADUAL PROCESS. The reasons might be--
(1) To show that God’s works were not t...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 2:1 God has now completed the process of
putting his creation in order (see note on 1:1–2:3). That God RESTED
does not imply he was weary from labor. Rather, God’s resting hint...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 2:2. Rested] “Kept sabbath,” _i.e._ “observed a sacred,
festive quiet.” A good worker does his work well, and leaves off
when he has done. The very crown of his work is the p...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 2:1
THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED. Literally, and finished
were the heavens and the earth, the emphatic position being occupied
by the verb. With the creation of man...
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and
he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had mad...
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Thus. Genesis 2:4 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:10 Exodus 20:11 Exodus 31:17...
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THE BEGINNING AND THE BEGINNING AGAIN
Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The word Genesis means the "beginning." It is the first Book of the
Bible, and in its opening Chapter s we have the...
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CREATION SCENES
Genesis 1:11; Genesis 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:12, we find the story of God's command
to t
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We have here, (1.) The settlement of the kingdom of nature, in God's
resting from the work of creation, Genesis 2:1. Where observe, 1. That
the creatures made both in heaven and earth, are the hosts o...
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How could the world be created in six days?
PROBLEM: The Bible says that God created the world in six days (Exodus
20:11). But modern science declares that it took billions of years.
Both cannot be t...