Genesis 2:9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:9

‘And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowing good and evil.’ Here we have ‘made to grow’ instead of ‘planted’, confirming what we have said above. He not only put them there but made them grow. God is sovereign over every part of His creation. No labour was required from man, they grew of their own accord under God’s hand. Indeed we need not doubt that the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-17

Genesis 2:4-Esther : . The narrative begins with the words “ In the day,” but the construction is uncertain. Perhaps Genesis 2:5 f. is a parenthesis, so that man was formed at the period when “ earth and heaven” (J’ s phrase for P’ s the heaven and the earth” ) were made, before there was any vegetation. The absence of vegetation is due to the absence of rain and of a man to till the ground. In Genesis 2:6, however, we are told of a “ mist,” or as we should probably render, a “ flood,” which... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

Genesis 2:4 b– Genesis 3:24 . J’ s Story of Creation and Paradise Lost.— This story does not belong to P, for it is free from its characteristics in style, vocabulary, and point of view. It is distinguished from P’ s creation story by differences in form and in matter. The regular and precise arrangement, the oft-repeated formulæ , the prosaic style are here absent. We have, instead, a bright and vivid style, a story rather than a chronicle. The frank anthropomorphism would have been... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 2:9

The tree of life; so called, either symbolically, and sacramentally, because it was a sign and seal of that life which man had received from God, and of his continual enjoyment of it upon condition of his obedience; or, effectively, because God had planted in it a singular virtue for the support of nature, prolongation of life, and the prevention of all diseases, infirmities, and decays through age. In the midst of the garden, or, within the garden, as Tyrus said to be in the midst of the seas,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 2:8-17

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 2:14. East of Assyria] So Ges. and Dav. Lit., “before A.” wh. to a writer in Pal. is = west (Fürst). Genesis 2:17. Surely die] Heb. “die, die shalt thou;” as in Genesis 2:16 “eat, eat shalt thou,” Genesis 3:16, “increase, increase will I:”—“a frequent and quite peculiar idiom for the indication of emphasis” (Ewald). Dying thou shalt die” is misleading, has in fact misled many into groundless subtleties. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 2:8-17THE GARDEN OF... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:8-9

Genesis 2:8-9 (with Genesis 3:22-24 ) I. Our first parents are discovered in a state of innocence, beauty, and blessedness, which is broken up utterly by the transgression of the Divine command. (1) To Eden, as the first condition of human existence, all hearts bear witness. Two hymns are babbled by the echoes of the ages "the good days of old," "the good days to come." They are the work-songs of humanity; the memory of a better, and the hope of a better, nerve and cheer mankind. That memory,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:9

Genesis 2:9 I. We call the Scriptures a revelation; in other words, an unveiling. The Bible records were given to us to take away the veil which hung between heaven and earth, between man and God. Their purpose is to reveal God. The actual revelation which has been made to us is of God in His relation to the soul of man. We are not to demand, we are not to expect, any further revelation. Of the secrets of God's power and origin we are told not a word. Such knowledge is not for us. But it does... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:1-25

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made (Gen 2:1-3).So we find the creation of the earth in chapter one; the placing of man upon the earth, and then the declaration that on the seventh day God rested. Not... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:1-25

Genesis 2:1. By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6. Genesis 2:2. On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads, the sixth day. The variation is accounted for by the variation in reckoning the hours at which the sabbath began. On the sabbath, see Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 20:20. Genesis 2:6. A mist watered the whole face of the ground, the rainy season of the climate not being then come. Deuteronomy 11:14.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 2:8-14

Genesis 2:8-14The Lord God planted a garden eastward in EdenThe garden of EdenI.IN THIS GARDEN PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF MAN. 1. The garden was beautiful. 2. The garden was fruitful. 3. The garden was well watered. II. IN THIS GARDEN PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THE DAILY OCCUPATION OF MAN. 1. Work is the law of man’s being. (1) Man’s work should be practical. (2) Man’s work should be healthful. (3) Man’s work should be taken as from God. This will dignify work, and inspire the worker.... read more

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