Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:24-31
- VIII. The Sixth Day24. בהמה behēmâh, “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”רמשׂ remeś, “creeping (small or low) animals.”חוּה chayâh, “living thing; animal.”חוּת־חארץ chayatô-chā'ārets, “wild beast.”26. אדם 'ādām, “man, mankind;” “be red.” A collective noun, having no plural number, and therefore denoting either an individual of the kind, or the kind or race itself. It is connected in etymology with אדמה 'ădāmâh, “the red soil,” from which the human body was formed Genesis 2:7. It therefore... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:27
The greatness of man. I. THE TIME OF HIS APPEARANCE . The latest of God's works, he was produced towards the close of the era that witnessed the introduction upon our globe of the higher animals. Taking either view of the length of the creative day, it may be supposed that in the evening the animals went forth "to roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God," and that in the morning man arose upon the variegated scene, "going forth to his work and to his labor until the... read more