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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:3

Verse 3 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 nothing was made of the things which were made,’ (John 1:3.) And it is certain that the world had been begun by the same efficacy of the Word by which it was completed. God, however, did not put forth his Word until he proceeded to originate light; (49) because in the act of distinguishing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

In the beginning , Bereshith , is neither "from eternity," as in John 1:1 ; nor "in wisdom" (Chaldee paraphrase), as if parallel with Proverbs 3:19 and Psalms 104:24 ; nor "by Christ," who, in Colossians 1:18 , is denominated ἀρχὴ ; but "at the commencement of time." Without indicating when the beginning was, the expression intimates that the beginning was. Exodus 20:11 seems to imply that this was the initiation of the first day's work. The formula, "And God said,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

The visible universe. I. ONE , yet NOT SIMPLE . 1. One . In age, origin, and nature one, "the heavens and the earth" also constitute one vast system. Cohering physically through the force of gravitation, which, in its ultimate analysis, is simply an expression of the Divine power, they are unified spiritually by Christ, who is the impersonation of the Divine wisdom and love ( John 1:3 , John 1:9 ; Colossians 1:15 , Colossians 1:17 ). Hence, as constituting one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1-2

II. As to the precise manner in which it was imparted to its author, THE VISION THEORY of Kurtz, though declared by Kalisch to be "a complicated tissue of conjectures and assumptions utterly destitute of every , the faintest and remotest , Biblical foundation ," is perhaps, with certain modifications, the best. Rejecting the idea of a series of creative tableaux without any solid substratum of actual fact, there is clearly nothing in the nature of the case to discredit the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:2

And the earth . Clearly the earth referred to in the preceding verse, the present terrestrial globe with its atmospheric firmament, and not simply "the land" as opposed to "the skies" (Murphy); certainly not "the heavens" of Genesis 1:1 as well as the earth (Delitzsch); and least of all "a section of the dry land in Central Asia" (Buckland, Pye Smith). It is a sound principle of exegesis that a word shall retain the meaning it at first possesses till either intimation is made by the writer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:2

Chaos an emblem of the unrenewed soul. I. WITHOUT ORDER : existing in a state of spiritual ruin, and requiting a special process of rearrangement to evolve symmetry and beauty from its confusion ( 2 Corinthians 5:16 ). II. WITHOUT LIFE : being dead in trespasses and sins ( Ephesians 2:1 ); absolutely "void" in the sense of being untenanted by lofty thoughts, pure emotions, holy volitions, spiritual imaginations, such as are the inmates of sinless and, in great part also, of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:1

- Section I - The Creation- The Absolute Creationראשׁית rḕshı̂̂yt, the “head-part, beginning” of a thing, in point of time Genesis 10:10, or value Proverbs 1:7. Its opposite is אחרית 'achărı̂̂yth Isaiah 46:10. בראשׁית rê'shı̂̂yth, “in the beginning,” is always used in reference to time. Here only is it taken absolutely.ברא bārā', “create, give being to something new.” It always has God for its subject. Its object may be anything: matter Genesis 1:1; animal life Genesis 1:21; spiritual... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:2

- II. The Landהיה hāyah, “be.” It is to be noted, however, that the word has three meanings, two of which now scarcely belong to our English “be.”1. “Be, as an event, start into being, begin to be, come to pass.” This may be understood of a thing beginning to be, אור יהי yehiy 'ôr, “be light” Genesis 1:3; or of an event taking place, ימים מקץ ויהי vayehı̂y mı̂qēts yāmı̂ym, “and it came to pass from the end of days.”2. “Be,” as a change of state, “become.” This is applied to what had a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:3-5

- III. The First Day3. 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.”אור 'ôr, “light.” Light is simply what makes a sensible impression on the organs of vision. It belongs to a class of things which occasionally produce the same effect.ויאמר vayo'mer “then said.” Here we have come to the narrative or the record of a series of events. The conjunction is prefixed to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:1

Genesis 1:1. In the beginning That is, of this material, visible, and temporal world, (which was not without beginning, as many of the ancient heathen philosophers supposed,) and of time with relation to all visible beings. The creation of the spiritual, invisible, and eternal world, whether inhabited by the holy or fallen angels, is not here included or noticed. God The Hebrew word אלהים Elohim, here and elsewhere translated God, has been considered by many learned men as signifying ... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:3-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:1

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