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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 2:4-7

- Part II. The development- Section II - The Man- X. The Field4. תולדות tôledôt “generations, products, developments.” That which comes from any source, as the child from the parent, the record of which is history.יהוה yehovâh. This word occurs about six thousand times in Scripture. It is obvious from its use that it is, so to speak, the proper name of God. It never has the article. It is never changed for construction with another noun. It is never accompanied with a suffix. It is never... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 2:8-14

- XI. The Garden8. גן gan “garden, park,” παράδεισος paradeisos, “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.”11. פישׁון pı̂yshôn Pishon; related: “flow over, spread, leap.” חוילה chăvı̂ylâh Chavilah. חול chôl “sand.” חבל chebel “region.”12. בדלם bedolam, ἄνθραξ anthrax, “carbuncle,” (Septuagint) Βδέλλιον bdellion, a gum of eastern countries, Arabia, India, Media (Josephus, etc.). The pearl (Kimchi). שׁהם sohām πράσινος prasinos,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:7

Genesis 2:7. The Lord God formed man Man being the chief of God’s works in this lower world, and being intended to be the lord of all other creatures, we have here a more full account of his creation. The word ייצר , jitzer, here rendered he formed, is not used concerning any other creature, and implies a gradual process in the work, with great accuracy and exactness. It is properly used of potters forming vessels on the wheel; and Rabbi D. Kimchi says, that, when used concerning the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:8

Genesis 2:8. The Lord God planted Or, had planted, namely, on the third day, when he created the fruit-tree yielding fruit; a garden A place peculiarly pleasant, a paradise, separated, it seems, from the rest of the earth, and enclosed, but in what way, we are not informed; eastward From the place where Moses wrote, and from the place where the Israelites afterward dwelt. In Eden Although the word eden signifies delight and pleasure; and undoubtedly the situation of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:9

Genesis 2:9. Every tree pleasant to the sight That was calculated to render this garden the most beautiful place on earth; and good for food That is, agreeable to the taste and useful to the body. So that both man’s mind and body were gratified and enriched. The tree of life also So called, it seems, not only because it was intended to be a sign to Adam, assuring him of the continuance of life and happiness, on condition of his persevering in obedience; but also because God had given to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:4-25

2:4-4:26 EARLY HUMAN LIFELife in the Garden of Eden (2:4-25)From this point on, the story concentrates on the people God made, rather than on other features of the created universe. Again the Bible states that the world was not always as it is now, but was prepared stage by stage till it was suitable for human habitation. God created Adam (meaning ‘man’ or ‘mankind’) not out of nothing, but out of materials he had previously created. Like the other animals, Adam had his physical origins in the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 2:7

formed. As a potter. Isaiah 64:8 . man. Hebrew. 'eth- 'Ha'adham (with art. and particle = "this same man Adam". See App-14 ). breath. Hebrew. neshamah. See App-16 . of. Genitive of Apposition ( App-17 ) = "breath [that is] life". soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See "life", Genesis 1:20 , and App-13 . Compare Genesis 7:22 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 2:8

verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . garden. This garden may be additional to Genesis 1:11 , Genesis 1:12 ; Genesis 2:4 , Genesis 2:5 -. That creation concerns the "plants of the field" (1st occ). This may have been a special planting, and lost when the garden and Eden were lost. Note the three gardens: (1) Eden, death in sin; (2) Gethsemane, death for sin; (3) Sepulchre, death to sin. eastward in Eden = "in Eden, eastward". Eden. In the cuneiform texts = the plain of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 2:9

verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . tree of life. Genitive of cause ( App-17 ) = the Tree supporting and continuing the life which had been imparted. Compare Genesis 3:22 . Hence "the bread of life", John 6:48 , John 6:51 , John 6:53 . midst. Compare Revelation 2:7 . knowledge = sense or perception (Genesis 12:12 .Song of Solomon 6:11 .Isaiah 59:8; Isaiah 59:8 ). good and evil. See on Genesis 2:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 2:7-8

"And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the living man whom he had formed.""And God formed man of the dust of the ground ..." This truth is perpetually attested in the fact that man's body returns to dust upon his death. "Earth to earth, dust to dust."The beautifully anthropomorphic presentation of God in this chapter is designed to... read more

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