Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:3-5
The first day 1:3-5 read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:3-31
3. The six days of creation 1:3-31Cosmic order consists of clearly demarcating the various elements of the universe. God divided light and darkness, waters and dry land, the world above from the world below. Likewise people should maintain the other divisions in the universe. [Note: See Mathews, p. 124.] In three "days" God made the uninhabitable earth productive, and in three more "days" He filled the uninhabited earth with life. The process of creation, as Moses described it, typically... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:4
Darkness was not a creation like light but the absence of light (cf. Genesis 1:2). Darkness (Heb. hosek) in Scripture often connotes evil (cf. Exodus 10:21-23; 1 Samuel 2:9; Job 3:4-5; Psalms 35:6; Joel 2:2).Moses presented God as knowing what was good for man (wise) and as providing that for him (loving). This not only reveals aspects of the Creator’s character, but it also prepares the reader for the tragedy of the Fall (ch. 3). read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:5
God named things as well as creating them. Having a name equals having existence, in biblical thought, and the act of giving a name meant the exercise of a sovereign right (cf. Genesis 41:45; 2 Kings 24:17; Daniel 1:7). In this chapter naming or blessing follows some act of creation seven times. The Hebrews regarded the number seven as connoting a complete, divine act, as will become clear later.The terms day, night, evening, and morning imply the beginning of the earth’s rotation on the first... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:6
The "expanse" refers to the heavenly vault above the earth. Moses called it the "firmament" (AV) or "sky" (NIV). God placed the sun, moon, and stars in it (Genesis 1:16-17). The ancients grouped the stars and planets together referring to the former as fixed stars and the latter as wandering stars (cf. Judges 1:13). read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:6-8
The second day 1:6-8 read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:7
God separated the waters so some of them remained on the earth and some were above the earth in the atmosphere. Before He made this division there may have been a dense fog over the whole surface of the earth. [Note: See my comments on the "canopy theory" at 2:4-6.] read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:8
"Heaven" is the same as the "expanse." Moses used it here as a general term to describe everything above the earth from man’s viewpoint (Genesis 1:8). read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:9
"Seas" (Heb. yammim) probably refers broadly to all bodies of water, not just oceans. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 1:3
The world came into being by God’s word (cf. Psalms 33:9; Hebrews 11:3). Each of the six creative days began with God speaking. God’s ten pronouncements in this chapter anticipate His ten commandments at Mt. Sinai (Exodus 20:2-17). All but one of Jesus Christ’s miracles occurred immediately after He spoke. The exception occurs in Luke 8:25 when He laid His hands on a blind man. Jesus Christ, the Word of God, was the Creator (John 1:3). The theme of God’s word (spoken, written, or incarnate)... read more