And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Three terms are employed to describe the vegetation here summoned into existence. Kalisch regards the first as a generic term, including the second and the third; but they are better understood as distinct classes:— read more
- V. The Third Day9. קוה qāvâh “turn, bind, gather, expect.”יבשׁה yabāshâh “the dry, the ground.” יבשׁ yabēsh, “be dry.” בושׁ bôsh, “be abashed.”11. דשׁא deshe', “green thing, grass.”עשׂב ‛ēśāb, “herb.”זרע zēra‛, “seed.” זרע zāra‛, “sow,” sero.פרי perı̂y, “fruit.” ברה pārâh, “bear”; φέρω pherō.The work of creation on this day is evidently twofold, - the distribution of land and water, and the creation of plants. The former part of it is completed, named, reviewed, and approved... read more
Genesis 1:9-10 . God said, &c. From the production, or separation from gross matter, of light and air, and the assigning them their proper places and uses in the creation, God proceeds, on the third day, to separate, put in order, and control the clement nearest to them in quality and use, fluid like them, comparatively simple, and pure, and although not elastic, yet of great power. Let the waters be gathered into one place The abyss in the bowels of the earth, Genesis 7:11, and... read more
Genesis 1:11-12 . Let the earth bring forth grass Here we rise to organized and vegetative bodies. Thus, before God formed any living creature to abide upon the earth, he wisely provided for its sustenance. The herb yielding, seed, whose seed is in itself; that is, in some part of itself: either in the root, or branch, or bud, or fruit; which is sufficient in itself for the propagation of its kind, from generation to generation, as long as the world shall endure, without any new creation.... read more
THE STORY OF CREATIONThe Bible and scienceModern science has revealed so much about the wonders and the size of the physical universe that human beings may seem almost to be nothing. The Bible takes a different view. Human beings are its main concern, for they alone are made in God’s image. The story of creation is but an introduction to the story of God’s dealings with the human race. The Bible demonstrates this order of importance from the outset by fitting the story of creation into a mere... read more
after his kind. Occurs 10 times (verses: Genesis 1:11 , Genesis 1:12 , Genesis 1:12 , Genesis 1:21 , Genesis 1:21 , Genesis 1:24 , Genesis 1:24 , Genesis 1:25 , Genesis 1:25 , Genesis 1:25 ). See App-10 . Evolution has no answer to this. seed is in itself. Hebrew. seeding seed. Figure of speech Polyptoton, App-6 . First the herb, then seed. First tree, then fruit. read more
THE THIRD DAY"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called the Seas: and God saw that it was good."There is far more than sufficient water upon the earth to inundate all of the continents and the highest mountains; and it took an act of creation to separate the dry land from the seas. Nothing is revealed here as to HOW God did... read more
"And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, herbs, yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day."It is the entire kingdom of plant life, or vegetation, that appeared on the third day, not... read more
Genesis 1:9. And God said, Let the waters be gathered together— After the elements of light and air were appointed to their proper places, the next in density, the water, i.e.. the lower water, or that under the air, is separated, by the divine direction; and thus, at length, the earth, or dry land, emerges and appears. It is to be observed, that Moses introduces every mutation with the words God said; intimating, that the power and energy of the Divinity over-ruled and conducted each... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land Earth . In opposition to the firmament, which was named" the heights" ( shamayim ), the dry land was styled "the fiats," "Aretz" (cf. Sansc; dhara ; Pehlev; arta ; Latin, terra ; Gothic, airtha ; Scottish, yird ; English, earth ; rid. Gesenius). Originally applied to the dry ground as distinguished from the seas, as soon as it was understood that the solid earth was continuous beneath the water masses, by an easy extension of meaning it... read more