verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . river = the Persian Gulf, known as such to the Accadians, in which the river became four mouths (or heads) at spots where they flowed into the source which received and fed them. read more
verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . Pison = the river W. of the Euphrates, called Pallukat in reign of Nabonidos, last king of Babylonia, or the Pallakopas Canal. compasseth. The Pallukat or Pison encircled the N. borders of the great sandy desert which stretched westward to the mountain chains of Midian and Sinai. Havilah = the region of Sand. Indicated in Genesis 25:18 . 1 Samuel 15:7 . Shur would be the E. end of Havilah, the W, of this region. Connected with Ophir in... read more
verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . onyx. Hebrew. shoham, identified with Assyr. samtu, from that region. read more
verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . Gihon = the river E. of the Tigris. The modern Kerkhah, and ancient Khoaspes, rising in the mountains of the Kassi. Kas has been confused with the Heb, Cush. It is not the African Cush or Ethiopia, but the Accadian kas. read more
verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6 . Hiddekel = Accadian for the Tigris, which was Idiqla, or Idiqlat = "the encircling". Assyria. Hebrew. Hashshur ( Asshur ). This is not Assyria, but the city of Assur, the primitive capital of Assyria (which lay E. and W, of the Tigris). Euphrates. Hebrew. phenath. The Greek Euphrates comes from the old Persian Ufrate, and this from Purat or Pur a t u = the river. Sometimes Puranun = the great river. read more
"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
"And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."There is here merely a reiteration of the source of the lovely trees and fruits of Eden. The notion that man was created first is denied by the fact that the fruit-trees were created on the third day of creation and Adam on the sixth day (Genesis 1:11). The mention in this verse that "every"... read more
"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted and became four heads. The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is... read more
Genesis 2:8. Planted a garden— It pleased God to provide for man, when formed, a proper place of reception, a garden. The Hebrew word גן gan, which we render garden, and frequently, paradise, signifies, properly, a fenced or enclosed garden: eastward, must be taken in reference to the situation of Moses when he wrote this, which being generally supposed to have been in the wilderness of Arabia, eastward must be understood to refer to the east of that wilderness, or of Judaea. This garden was... read more
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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