1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was {e} light.(e) The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God’s instruments, which only belong to God. read more
1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] {f} under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.(f) As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God’s power, least they should overwhelm the world. read more
1:8 And God called the firmament {g} Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.(g) That is, the region of the air, and all that is above us. read more
1:11 And God said, {h} 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.(h) So that we see it is the only the power of God’s word that makes the earth fruitful, which naturally is barren. read more
1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God {i} saw that [it was] good.(i) This sentence is often repeated, to signify that God made all his creatures to serve for his glory and for the profit of man: but because of sin they were cursed, yet the elect, by Christ are restored, and serve to their wealth. read more
1:14 And God said, Let there be {k} lights in the firmament of the heaven to {l} divide the day from the night; and let them be for {m} signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(k) By the lights be means the sun, the moon, and the stars.(l) Which is the artificial day, from the sun rising, to the going down.(m) Of things belonging to natural and political orders and seasons. read more
1:16 And God made two great {n} lights; the greater light to {o} rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.(n) That is, the sun and the moon, and here he speaks as man judges by his eye: for else the moon is less than the planet Saturn.(o) To give it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to serve man’s purposes. read more
1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the {p} moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.(p) As fish and worms which slide, swim or creep. read more
1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the {q} waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.(q) The fish and fowls had both one beginning, in which we see that nature gives place to God’s will, in that the one sort is made to fly about in the air, and the other to swim beneath in the water. read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 1:2
1:2 And the earth was {b} without form, and void; and {c} darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God {d} moved upon the face of the waters.(b) As an unformed lump and without any creature in it: for the waters covered everything.(c) Darkness covered the deep waters, for the waters covered everything.(d) He maintained this disordered mass by his secret power. read more