Genesis 2:7-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 2:8-15

The modern equivalent of the Pishon River is unknown for certain. Commentators have suggested that it was the Indus, the Ganges, a river of Arabia, or a river of Mesopotamia. The land of Havilah seems to have been in southwestern Arabia (cf. Genesis 25:18). The Gihon may be the preflood Nile since Cush in the Old Testament usually describes modern Ethiopia (cf. Genesis 10:6-8; Numbers 12:1; 2 Samuel 18:19-33; 2 Kings 19:9; 2 Chronicles 14:9-15; Isaiah 37:9; Jeremiah 13:23; Jeremiah 38-39).... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-24

Paradise and the FallIn this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question: How did sin and misery find their way into the world? As is natural among Orientals he put his reply into narrative form; and though it is generally accepted that the details are to be interpreted symbolically rather than literally, yet they are in marvellous agreement with the real facts of human... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:4-25

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supposed that the events recorded in Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24 took place in the course of twenty-four hours, and suppose that this is proved by what is said in Genesis 2:4, that the earth and heavens, with Adam and the garden, were all made in one day, before the end of which they suppose that he fell.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:7

(7) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground.—Literally, formed the man (adam) dust from the ground. In this section the prominent idea is not that of producing out of nothing, but of forming, that is, shaping and moulding. So in Genesis 2:19 Jehovah forms the animals, and in Genesis 2:8 He plants a garden. As Elohim is almighty power, so Jehovah is wisdom and skill, and His works are full of contrivance and design. As regards man’s body, Jehovah forms it dust from the ground: the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:8

(8) The Lord God planted a garden.—The order followed in the text, namely, man first and the garden afterwards, is not that of chronology, but of precedence. In Genesis 2:15 we find that the garden was ready as soon as man needed a home. It was a separate plot of ground, fenced off from the rest of Eden, and planted with trees and herbs that were of choicer kinds, more fit for food, and more beautiful in foliage and blossom, than elsewhere. The word Paradise, usually applied to it, is a Persian... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:9

(9) Every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food.—It has often been noticed that while the ancients do not seem to have had much taste for the beauty of the landscape, they greatly admired large and umbrageous trees. This feeling seems like a reminiscence of the joy of our first parents when they found themselves in a happy garden, surrounded by trees, the beauty of which is even more commended than the fact placed second, that they supplied wholesome and nutritious food. Two... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 2:1-25

The Creator Explained By the Creation Genesis 2:2 Given the Creation, to find the Creator, at least to conjecture about Him. Given the house, to discover something about the builder of it, or the owner or the occupant. It is a large house; very well, then the man behind it, who made it, or is responsible for it, must be a man of some substance and property. It is an artistically furnished house; every piece of furniture has been set down by the hands of love just in the right place and in the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:1-25

THE CREATIONGenesis 1:1-31; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order in which plants and animals have appeared upon it, he is referred to recent textbooks in astronomy, geology, and palaeontology. No one for a moment dreams of referring a serious student of these subjects to the Bible as a source of information. It is not the object of the writers of Scripture to impart... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

II. THE GENERATIONS OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH Man in Innocency before the Fall Genesis 2:4-45 1. The earth his abode (Genesis 2:4-6 ) 2. The creation of man (Genesis 2:7 ) 3. The garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8-14 ) 4. Man in the garden. His commission (Genesis 2:15-17 ) a. To keep the garden b. The commandment 5. No helpmeet for Adam found (Genesis 2:18-20 ) 6. The formation of the woman (Genesis 2:21-22 ) 7. The union (Genesis 2:23-25 ) This is not a new version of the... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 2:8-15

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:4-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 2:9

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 2:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:1-25

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

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