1 God creates heaven and earth;
3 the light;
6 the firmament;
9 separates the dry land;
14 forms the sun, moon, and stars;
20 fishes and fowls;
24 cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things;
26 creates man in his own image, blesses him;
29 grants the fruits of the earth for food.

beginning. Pr 8:22-24 16:4 Mr 13:19 Joh 1:1-3 Heb 1:10 1Jo 1:1

God. Ex 20:11 31:18 1Ch 16:26 Ne 9:6 Job 26:13 38:4 Ps 8:3 33:6,9 Ps 89:11,12 96:5 102:25 104:24,30 115:15 121:2 124:8 134:3 Ps 136:5 146:6 148:4,5 Pr 3:19 8:22-30 Ec 12:1 Isa 37:16 40:26 Isa 40:28 42:5 44:24 45:18 51:13,16 65:17 Jer 10:12 32:17 Jer 51:15 Zec 12:1 Mt 11:25 Ac 4:24 14:15 17:24 Ro 1:19,20 Ro 11:36 1Co 8:6 Eph 3:9 Col 1:16,17 Heb 1:2 3:4 11:3 2Pe 3:5 Re 3:14 4:11 10:6 14:7 21:6 22:13

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

without. Job 26:7 Isa 45:18 Jer 4:23 Na 2:10

Spirit. Job 26:14 Ps 33:6 104:30 Isa 40:12-14

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

God. Ps 33:6,9 148:5 Mt 8:3 Joh 11:43

Let. Job 36:30 38:19 Ps 97:11 104:2 118:27 Isa 45:7 60:19 Joh 1:5,9 Joh 3:19 2Co 4:6 Eph 5:8,14 1Ti 6:16 1Jo 1:5 2:8

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

that. 10,12,18,25,31 Ec 2:13 11:7

the light from the darkness. Heb. between the light and between the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Day, and. 8:22 Ps 19:2 74:16 104:20 Isa 45:7 Jer 33:20 1Co 3:13 Eph 5:13 1Th 5:5

And the evening and the morning were. Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was. ver. 8,13,19,23,31

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Let there. 14,20 7:11,12 Job 26:7,8,13 37:11,18 38:22-26 Ps 19:1 33:6,9 104:2 Ps 136:5,6 148:4 150:1 Ec 11:3 Jer 10:10,12,13 51:15 Zec 12:1

firmament. Heb. expansion.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

divided. Pr 8:28,29

above. Job 26:8 Ps 104:10 148:4 Ec 11:3

and it. 9,11,15,24 Mt 8:27

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

God. 5,10 5:2

evening. 5,13,19,23,31

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Job 26:7,10 38:8-11 Ps 24:1,2 33:7 95:5 104:3,5-9 136:5,6 Pr 8:28,29 Ec 1:7 Jer 5:22 Jon 1:9 2Pe 3:5 Re 10:6

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

God saw. 4 De 32:4 Ps 104:31

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Let the. 2:5 Job 28:5 Ps 104:14-17 147:8 Mt 6:30 Heb 6:7

grass. Heb. tender grass. fruit. 29 2:9,16 Ps 1:3 Jer 17:8 Mt 3:10 7:16-20 Mr 4:28 Lu 6:43,44 Jas 3:12

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

earth. Isa 61:11 Mr 4:28

herb. Isa 55:10,11 Mt 13:24-26 Lu 6:44 2Co 9:10 Ga 6:7

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Let there. De 4:19 Job 25:3,5 38:12-14 Ps 8:3,4 19:1-6 74:16,17 104:19,20 Ps 119:91 136:7-9 148:3,6 Isa 40:26 Jer 31:35 33:20,25

lights. Or, rather, luminaries or light-bearers; being a different world from that rendered light, in ver 3. the day from the night.

between the day and between the night. and let. 8:22 9:13 Job 3:9 38:31,32 Ps 81:3 Eze 32:7,8 46:1,6 Joe 2:10,30,31 3:15 Am 5:8 8:9 Mt 2:2 16:2,3 24:29 Mr 13:24 Lu 21:25,26 23:45 Ac 2:19,20 Re 6:12 8:12 9:2

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

to rule. Heb. for the rule, etc. De 4:19 Jos 10:12-14 Job 31:26 38:7 Ps 8:3 19:6 74:16 Ps 136:7,8,9 148:3,5 Isa 13:10 24:23 45:7 Hab 3:11 Mt 24:29 Mt 27:45 1Co 15:41 Re 16:8,9 21:23

he made the stars also. Or, with the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

9:13 Job 38:12 Ps 8:1,3 Ac 13:47

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Ps 19:6 Jer 31:35

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Let the waters. 22 2:19 8:17 Ps 104:24,25 148:10 Ac 17:25

moving. or, creeping. 1Ki 4:33

life. Heb. a living soul. 30 Ec 2:21

fowl that may fly. Heb. let fowl fly. This marginal reading is more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage with ch. 2:19. The word fowl, from the Saxon fleon, to fly, exactly corresponds to the original, which denotes every thing that flies, whether bird or insect.

open firmament. Heb. face of the firmament. 7,14

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

great. 6:20 7:14 8:19 Job 7:12 26:5 Ps 104:24-26 Eze 32:2 Jon 1:17 Jon 2:10 Mt 12:40

brought. 8:17 9:7 Ex 1:7 8:3

God saw. 18,25,31

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

28 8:17 9:1 30:27,30 35:11 Le 26:9 Job 40:15 42:12 Ps 107:31,38 Ps 128:3 144:13,14 Pr 10:22

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Let. 6:20 7:14 8:19 Job 38:39,40 39:1,5,9,19 40:15 Ps 50:9,10 Ps 104:18,23 148:10 Cattle, denotes domestic animals living on vegetables;--Beasts of the earth, wild animals; especially such as live on flesh; and--Creeping things, reptiles; or all the different genera of serpents, worms, and such animals as have no feet.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

2:19,20 Job 12:8-10 26:13

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Let us. 3:22 11:7 Job 35:10 Ps 100:3 149:2 Isa 64:8 Joh 5:17 14:23 1Jo 5:7

man. In Hebrew, Adam; probably so called either from the red earth of which he was formed, or from the blush or flesh-tint of the human countenance: the name is intended to designate the species.

in our. 5:1 9:6 Ec 7:29 Ac 17:26,28,29 1Co 11:7 2Co 3:18 4:4 Eph 4:24 Col 1:15 3:10 Jas 3:9

have dominion. 9:2,3,4 Job 5:23 Ps 8:4-8 104:20-24 Ec 7:29 Jer 27:6 Ac 17:20,28,29 1Co 11:7 2Co 3:18 Eph 4:24 Col 3:10 Heb 2:6-9 Jas 3:7,9

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

in the image. Ps 139:14 Isa 43:7 Eph 2:10 4:24 Col 1:15

See 26

male. 2:21-25 5:2 Mal 2:15 Mt 19:4 Mr 10:6 1Co 11:8,9

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

22 8:17 9:1,7 17:16,20 22:17,18 24:60 26:3,4,24 33:5 49:25 Le 26:9 1Ch 4:10 26:5 Job 42:12 Ps 107:38 127:1-5 128:3,4 Isa 45:18 1Ti 4:3

moveth. Heb. creepeth. Ps 69:34 *marg:

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

I have. Ps 24:1 115:16 Ho 2:8 Ac 17:24,25,28 1Ti 6:17

bearing. Heb. seeding. to you. 2:16 9:3 Job 36:31 Ps 104:14,15,27,28 111:5 136:25 145:15,16 Ps 146:7 147:9 Isa 33:16 Mt 6:11,25,26 Ac 14:17

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

9:3 Job 38:39-41 39:4,8,30 40:15,20 Ps 104:14 145:15,16 147:9

life. Heb. a living soul.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

very good. Job 38:7 Ps 19:1,2 104:24,31 La 3:38 1Ti 4:4

and the. 5,8,13,19,23 2:2 Ex 20:11