seventh. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "sixth", which is evidently correct. day. See on ch. Genesis 1:5 . God ended. See on Genesis 1:1 and App-5 . made. See note on Genesis 1:7 . rested. From achievement; man rests from fatigue. read more
created. See note on Genesis 1:1 . The Introduction (Genesis 1:1 - Genesis 2:3 ) is the summary: Genesis 2:4-25 gives the details of Genesis 1:0 : Genesis 2:9-14 coming historically between verses: Genesis 1:12 and Genesis 1:13 . read more
"And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."Here is a summary of the first chapter, suggesting the beginning of another epoch about to be related. We simply find it incredibly naive and stupid to believe that Moses would then immediately have moved to incorporate into this narrative a contradictory account of what was just related. Nor does the critical speculation that some editor, redactor, or other such imaginable agent, could intelligently have done such a thing,... read more
"And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."It is not stated here that God rested from all activity, but that He rested from creation, "the work which he had made," an expression twice repeated. This has no reference whatever to the Jewish sabbath. This does not refer to the days of the week, but to the days of the creation. This day of God's rest is still going on (Hebrews 4:4-6,11), and will obviously... read more
"And God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it; because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made."Note that here also, the specific thing from which it is stated that God rested is the work of creation, a fact which is manifest enough in the fact that the creation is not still going on. There is also no mention here of "evening and morning," as indicating the close of the seventh day, for it is still in progress.All efforts to associate the creation sabbath with the... read more
Genesis 2:1. Host of them— All the creatures in the heavens and the earth are called their hosts, for their multitude, variety, order, power, and subjection to the Lord of hosts. Nothing remained farther to be done; the whole was finished to the utmost perfection, and regulated in the exactest order. read more
Genesis 2:2. Rested— This word (ישׁבת ishboth) is not opposed to weariness, but to work, or action. And therefore all the idle sarcasms which have been cast upon Moses and his God, are built upon ignorance and misunderstanding of the fact. God, an Almighty and Omnipotent Spirit, can neither faint nor be weary: but he may cease from exerting certain operations of his power; as here he ceased to exert his divine energy in the formation of new productions. This is all that is intended: He ceased... read more
Genesis 2:3. God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it— Blessed, i.e.. says Mr. Locke, appointed it to be kept as a day of holy rejoicing; and sanctified it, i.e.. separated, or set it apart, for his own use; that, upon it, men might cease from their work, as he had ceased from his; and employ their time in worshipping and thanking him for his mercies and benefits conferred upon them. The word שׁבעי shebei, seventh, comes from שׁבע shabang, which signifies sufficiency, or completion,... read more
1. the heavens—the firmament or atmosphere. host—a multitude, a numerous array, usually connected in Scripture with heaven only, but here with the earth also, meaning all that they contain. were finished—brought to completion. No permanent change has ever since been made in the course of the world, no new species of animals been formed, no law of nature repealed or added to. They could have been finished in a moment as well as in six days, but the work of creation was gradual for the... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 2:1
the heavens and the earth = "which are now" (2 Peter 3:7 ), see Structure on p. 1. Hence without Hebrew Particle 'eth . See note on Genesis 1:1 and Deuteronomy 4:26 . read more