Genesis 2:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:4-7

In these verses, I. Here is a name given to the Creator which we have not yet met with, and that is Jehovah?the LORD, in capital letters, which are constantly used in our English translation to intimate that in the original it is Jehovah. All along, in the first chapter, he was called Elohim?a God of power; but now Jehovah Elohim?a God of power and perfection, a finishing God. As we find him known by his name Jehovah when he appeared to perform what he had promised (Exod. 6:3), so now we have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth ,.... After the waters had been drained off from it, and it was warmed by the body of light and heat created on the first day, which caused a vapour, which went up as a mist, and descended: and watered the whole face of the ground ; or earth, and so supplied the place of rain, until that was given: though rather the words may be rendered disjunctively, "or there went up" F7 ואד יעלה "aut vapor ascendens", Junius & Tremellius. ; that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:6

There went up a mist - This passage appears to have greatly embarrassed many commentators. The plain meaning seems to be this, that the aqueous vapours, ascending from the earth, and becoming condensed in the colder regions of the atmosphere, fell back upon the earth in the form of dews, and by this means an equal portion of moisture was distributed to the roots of plants, etc. As Moses had said, Genesis 2:5 , that the Lord had not caused it to rain upon the earth, he probably designed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:4-7

§ 2. THE GENERATIONS OF THE HEAVENS AND OF THE EARTH (Gen. 2:4-4:26). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:4-7

Man the living soul. 1. Life is a Divine bestowment. 2. Dust which is Divinely inspired is no longer mere dust; the true life is neither groveling on the earth, nor so much away from the earth as to be no longer the life of a living soul. 3. The creature who is last formed, and for whom all other things wait and are prepared, is made to be the interpreter of all, and the glory of God in them.— R . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. The dry land having been separated from the waters, and the atmospheric ocean uplifted above them both, vaporous exhalations began to ascend to the aerial regions, and to return again in the shape of rain upon the ground. Jehovah thus caused it to rain upon the ground, and so prepared it for the vegetation which, in obedience to the Almighty fiat, sprung up at the close of the third day, although the writer... read more

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:6

Genesis 2:6. There went up At certain times, it seems, as God appointed; a mist or vapour from the earth Issuing from the abyss, or great deep of water in its bowels; (see Genesis 7:14;) and watered the whole face of the ground Not with rain, but with dew. By this the earth was softened and fitted to nourish the plants of all kinds already created, and the seeds and roots of these that they might produce new plants. 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 2:6

But = and. mist = no mist . . . to water. The last of two or three negatives not necessary. Must be supplied by Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 . a), as in Deuteronomy 33:6 . 1 Samuel 2:3 .Psalms 9:18 ; Psalms 38:1 ; Psalms 75:5 .Proverbs 24:12 ; Proverbs 25:27 . Isaiah 38:18 , &c. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:4-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:6

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:4-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 2:6

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