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Text -- Genesis 1:1-21 (NET)
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The Creation of the World
1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth .
1:2 Now the earth was without shape and empty , and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep , but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water .
1:3 God said , “Let there be light .” And there was light !
1:4 God saw that the light was good , so God separated the light from the darkness .
1:5 God called the light “day ” and the darkness “night .” There was evening , and there was morning , marking the first day .
1:6 God said , “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water .
1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it . It was so .
1:8 God called the expanse “sky .” There was evening , and there was morning , a second day .
1:9 God said , “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear .” It was so .
1:10 God called the dry ground “land ” and the gathered waters he called “seas .” God saw that it was good .
1:11 God said , “Let the land produce vegetation : plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds .” It was so .
1:12 The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds , and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds . God saw that it was good .
1:13 There was evening , and there was morning , a third day .
1:14 God said , “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night , and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years ,
1:15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth .” It was so .
1:16 God made two great lights – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night . He made the stars also.
1:17 God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth ,
1:18 to preside over the day and the night , and to separate the light from the darkness . God saw that it was good .
1:19 There was evening , and there was morning , a fourth day .
1:20 God said , “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky .”
1:21 God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed , according to their kinds , and every winged bird according to its kind . God saw that it was good .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Creation |
ISAAC |
HEAVENS, NEW (AND EARTH, NEW) |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 2 |
Miracles |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA |
God |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
GENESIS, 4 |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
GOD, 2 |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
JACOB (1) |
DISCREPANCIES, BIBLICAL |
WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
Sun |
Light |
LIFE |
Firmament |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Gen 1:1; Gen 1:1; Gen 1:1; Gen 1:1; Gen 1:1; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:2; Gen 1:3; Gen 1:3; Gen 1:3; Gen 1:3; Gen 1:4; Gen 1:4; Gen 1:4; Gen 1:4; Gen 1:5; Gen 1:5; Gen 1:5; Gen 1:5; Gen 1:5; Gen 1:6; Gen 1:6; Gen 1:6; Gen 1:7; Gen 1:7; Gen 1:8; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:10; Gen 1:11; Gen 1:11; Gen 1:11; Gen 1:11; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:16; Gen 1:16; Gen 1:17; Gen 1:18; Gen 1:20; Gen 1:20; Gen 1:21
NET Notes: Gen 1:1 Or “the entire universe”; or “the sky and the dry land.” This phrase is often interpreted as a merism, referring to the entire...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:2 The water. The text deliberately changes now from the term for the watery deep to the general word for water. The arena is now the life-giving water a...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:3 Light. The Hebrew word simply means “light,” but it is used often in scripture to convey the ideas of salvation, joy, knowledge, righteous...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:4 The idea of separation is critical to this chapter. God separated light from darkness, upper water from lower water, day from night, etc. The verb is ...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:5 The first day. The exegetical evidence suggests the word “day” in this chapter refers to a literal twenty-four hour day. It is true that t...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:7 This statement indicates that it happened the way God designed it, underscoring the connection between word and event.
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NET Notes: Gen 1:8 Though the Hebrew word can mean “heaven,” it refers in this context to “the sky.”
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NET Notes: Gen 1:9 When the waters are collected to one place, dry land emerges above the surface of the receding water.
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NET Notes: Gen 1:11 The conjunction “and” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation to clarify the relationship of the clauses.
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NET Notes: Gen 1:14 Let them be for signs. The point is that the sun and the moon were important to fix the days for the seasonal celebrations for the worshiping communit...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:16 Heb “and the stars.” Now the term “stars” is added as a third object of the verb “made.” Perhaps the language is p...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:17 Heb “them”; the referent (the lights mentioned in the preceding verses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Gen 1:18 In days one to three there is a naming by God; in days five and six there is a blessing by God. But on day four there is neither. It could be a mere s...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:20 The Hebrew text uses the Polel form of the verb instead of the simple Qal; it stresses a swarming flight again to underscore the abundant fruitfulness...
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