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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:9-13

The third day's work is related in these verses?the forming of the sea and the dry land, and the making of the earth fruitful. Hitherto the power of the Creator had been exerted and employed about the upper part of the visible word; the light of heaven was kindled, and the firmament of heaven fixed: but now he descends to this lower world, the earth, which was designed for the children of men, designed both for their habitation and for their maintenance; and here we have an account of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:14-19

This is the history of the fourth day's work, the creating of the sun, moon, and stars, which are here accounted for, not as they are in themselves and in their own nature, to satisfy the curious, but as they are in relation to this earth, to which they serve as lights; and this is enough to furnish us with matter for praise and thanksgiving. Holy Job mentions this as an instance of the glorious power of God, that by the Spirit he hath garnished the heavens (Job 26:13); and here we have an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:9

And God said, let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place ,.... Which are before called the waters under the firmament; and which were either on the surface of the earth, or in the bowels of it, or mixed with it, which by the compressure of the expanse or air were separated from it and these, by apertures and channels made, were caused to flow as by a straight line, as the word F5 יקוו "congregentur tanquam ad amussim et regulam", Fagius; "recto et equabili... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land earth ,.... The whole chaos, that was a turbid fluid, a mixture of earth and water, a rude unformed mass of matter, was called earth before; but now that part of the terraqueous globe, which was separated from the waters, and they from it, is called "earth": which has its name in the Arabic language from its being low and depressed; the lighter parts having been elevated, and moved upwards, and formed the atmosphere; the grosser parts subsiding and falling... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:11

And God said, let the earth bring forth grass ,.... Which had been impregnated by the Spirit of God that moved upon it when a fluid; and though now become dry land, it retained sufficient moisture in it, and was juicy and fit to produce vegetables; and especially as it had the advantage of the expanded air about it, and the warmth of the primordial light or fire; though all this would have been insufficient to produce plants and trees at full growth, with their seed in them, and fruit on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass ,.... In great abundance at once; the hills and vales were clothed with it, and so a rich provision was made the beasts and cattle of the earth two or three days before they were created: and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself after his kind : wholesome and healthful herbs and plants, and delicious fruit to be meat and food for man, ready prepared for him when created; see Genesis 1:29 on this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:13

And the evening and the morning were the third day. The space of twenty four hours ran out, and were measured, either by the rotation of the body of light and heat around the earth, or of the earth upon its axis: and this was according to Capellus the twentieth day of April, and, according to Bishop Usher, the twenty fifth of October; though those who suppose the world was created in autumn make the first day to be the first of September, and so this must be the third of that month; the Jews... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:14

And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven ,.... In the upper part of it, commonly called the starry heaven: some writers, both Jewish and Christian, and even modern astronomers, understand this only of the appearance of them, and not of the formation of them; they suppose they were made on the first day, but did not appear or shine out so clearly and visibly as now on the fourth day: but it seems rather, that the body of fire and light produced on the first day was now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven ,.... To continue there as luminous bodies; as enlighteners, as the word signifies, causing light, or as being the instruments of conveying it, particularly to the earth, as follows: to give light upon the earth ; and the inhabitants of it, when formed: and it was so : these lights were formed and placed in the firmament of the heaven for such uses, and served such purposes as God willed and ordered they should. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights ,.... This was his own work which he himself did, and not by another; and may be particularly observed to express the folly of idolaters in worshipping these luminaries which were the creations of God, and were placed by him in the heaven to serve some purposes on earth beneficial to men, but not to be worshipped. These two "great lights" are the sun and the moon; and they may well be called great, especially the former, for the diameter of the sun is reckoned... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:9-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 1:14-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:16

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