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15. נוּח _nûach_ “rest, dwell.” עבד _‛__ābad_
“work, till, serve.” שׁמר _shāmar_ “keep, guard.”
We have here the education of man summed up in a single sentence. Let
us endeavo...
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II. THE GENERATIONS OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
Man in Innocency before the Fall
Genesis 2:4-45
_ 1. The earth his abode (Genesis 2:4)_
2. The creation of man (Genesis 2:7)
3. The garden of Eden...
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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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The narrative begins with the words In the day, but the construction
is uncertain. Perhaps Genesis 2:5 f. is a parenthesis, so that man was
formed at the period when earth and heaven (J's phrase for P...
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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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Here, as in Genesis 1:29, man receives a command to eat the fruit of
the trees: but this command is to receive one special limitation.
"man," LXX Ἀδάμ = "Adam," as a proper name, wrongly: see on
Gene...
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DISCOURSE: 3
COVENANT MADE WITH ADAM
Genesis 2:16. _And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every
tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil t...
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OF EVERY TREE, &C.— Rich in his bounty, and free in his donations,
the liberal Creator of all things here gives a large and extensive
grant to his creature, allowing the free use of all those various...
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PART NINE: THE BEGINNING OF SOCIETY
(Genesis 2:8-25)
And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made Jehovah God to
grow ev...
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_AND THE NAME OF THE THIRD RIVER IS HIDDEKEL: THAT IS IT WHICH GOETH
TOWARD THE EAST OF ASSYRIA. AND THE FOURTH RIVER IS EUPHRATES._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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2:16 eat; (g-16) Lit. 'eating thou shalt eat.' an idiom constantly
occurring, as again in ver. 17, 'dying thou shalt die.'...
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PARADISE AND THE FALL
In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual
teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is
evidently to give an answer to the question: How...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 2
GOD RESTS
V1 So the sky and the earth were complete. Everything that was in
them was complete. V2 On the seventh day, God had finished his work...
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THE LORD GOD COMMANDED. — Probation is the law of man’s moral
condition now, and it began in Paradise, only the conditions there
were different. (See _Excursus_ at end of this book.)
IN THE DAY.... —...
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EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The _Bereshit Rabba_ argues that Adam and Eve remained in their
original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supposed...
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וַ יְצַו֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל ־הָֽ
אָדָ֖ם
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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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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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And the LORD God (l) commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
(l) So that man might know there was a sovereign Lord, to whom he owed
obedience....
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
The tree of life, (Genesis 2:9) perhaps an emblem, or token...
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16._And the Lord God commanded _Moses now teaches, that man was the
governor of the world, with this exception, that he should,
nevertheless, be subject to God. A law is imposed upon him in token of
h...
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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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AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN,.... Over whom he had power and
authority; and he had a right to command him what he pleased, being
his Creator, benefactor, and preserver; and this is to be underst...
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
Ver. 16. _Commanded the man, saying._] God hath given man dominion
over all the sublunary creatures; an...
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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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And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat;...
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Adam placed into the Garden...
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SECOND SECTION
_Man—Paradise—the Paradisaical Pair and the Paradisaical
Institutions,—Theocratic—Jehovistic._
GENESIS 2:4-25.
A. The Earth waiting for Man.
4These are the generations [genealogies]...
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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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FREELY EAT:
_ Heb._ eating thou shalt eat...
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16,17 Let us never set up our own will against the holy will of God.
There was not only liberty allowed to man, in taking the fruits of
paradise, but everlasting life made sure to him upon his obedie...
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God commanded the woman too, (as appears both from the permission for
eating herbs and fruits given to her, together with her husband,
GENESIS 1:28, and from GENESIS 3:1, and from Eve's punishment), a...
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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 2:16 LORD H3068 God H430 commanded H6680 (H8762) man H120
saying H559 (H8800) tree H6086 garden...
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‘And the Lord God commanded the man saying, “You may freely eat of
every tree in the Plain, but concerning the tree of knowing good and
evil you shall not eat of it, for in the day that you eat of it...
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THE TREE-COVERED PLAIN IN EDEN (GENESIS 2:4).
‘In the day that the Lord God made earth and heavens, when no plant
(siach) of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb (‘eseb) of
the field had yet sp...
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MAN'S ESTABLISHMENT AND FALL (GENESIS 2:4 TO GENESIS 3:24) TABLET II.
Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 form a unit distinguished by the fact that God
is called Yahweh Elohim (Lor
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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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_In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die._
THE FALL OF MAN
These words were fulfilled at the time they were spoken; they have
been fulfilled ceaselessly thereafter. We live in a un...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 2:4 Earth’s First People. Centered
initially on the garden of Eden, the episodes in this part of Genesis
1:1 recount how God’s ordered creation is thrown
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 2:15 The overall picture of Eden suggests
that the park-like garden is part of a divine sanctuary. THE MAN is
PUT in the garden TO WORK IT AND KEEP IT. Since
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 2:14. East of Assyria] So Ges. and Dav. Lit., “before A.”
wh. to a writer in Pal. is = west (Fürst).
GENESIS 2:17. SURELY DIE] Heb. “die, die shalt thou;” as in
Genesis 2:16...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 2:8
In accordance with a well-known characteristic of Hebrew composition,
the writer, having carried his subject forward to a convenient place
of rest, now reverts to a point of ti...
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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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God. 1 Samuel 15:22 thou mayest freely eat. Heb. eating thou shalt
eat. Genesis 2:9 Genesis 3:1 Genesis 3:2...
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Thou shall die — That is, thou shalt lose all the happiness thou
hast either in possession or prospect; and thou shalt become liable to
death, and all the miseries that preface and attend it. This was...