Genesis 1:1--3:24
beginning <07225> [beginning.]
God <0430> [God.]
without shape <08414> [without.]
Spirit <07307> [Spirit.]
God <0430> [God.]
be .... there <01961> [Let.]
that <03588> [that.]
light ........ light .... darkness <0216 0996 02822> [the light from the darkness. Heb. between the light and between the darkness.]
day .... darkness ............. day <03117 02822> [Day, and.]
evening ..... morning <06153 01242> [And the evening and the morning were. Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was.]
expanse <07549> [Let there.]
expanse <07549> [firmament. Heb. expansion.]
separated <0914> [divided.]
above <05921> [above.]
so <03651> [and it.]
God <0430> [God.]
evening <06153> [evening.]
God .............. God saw <07200 0430> [God saw.]
land <0776> [Let the.]
vegetation <01877> [grass. Heb. tender grass. fruit.]
land <0776> [earth.]
plants <06212> [herb.]
lights <03974> [Let there.]
lights <03974> [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.]
rule over ......... rule over <04475> [to rule. Heb. for the rule, etc.]
made ......................... stars <06213 03556> [he made the stars also. Or, with the stars also.]
water <04325> [Let the waters.]
swarms <08318> [moving. or, creeping.]
living <02416> [life. Heb. a living soul.]
birds fly <05774 05775> [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.
across ... expanse <07549 06440> [open firmament. Heb. face of the firmament.]
great <01419> [great.]
swarmed <08317> [brought.]
God .............................. God saw <07200 0430> [God saw.]
land <0776> [Let.]
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.
make <06213> [Let us.]
humankind <0120> [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.
image <06754> [in our.]
rule <07287> [have dominion.]
image .... image <06754> [in the image.]
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male <02145> [male.]
moves <07430> [moveth. Heb. creepeth.]
give <05414> [I have.]
seed-bearing <02232> [bearing. Heb. seeding. to you.]
animals ............................ life <02416> [life. Heb. a living soul.]
very good <02896 03966> [very good.]
evening ..... morning <06153 01242> [and the.]
heavens <08064> [Thus.]
that was in them <06635> [host.]
seventh ................. seventh <07637> [And on.]
seventh day God ............. on ... seventh day <03117 0430 07637> [seventh day God.]
The LXX., Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as [vav <\\See definition 02053\\>,] which stands for six, might easily be changed into [zayin,] which denotes seven.
ceased <07673> [rested.]
Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
made ............... been doing ... creation <01254 06213> [created and made. Heb. created to make.]
account <08435> [the generations.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
shrub <07880> [plant.]
not <03808> [had not.]
cultivate <05647> [to till.]
Springs ... well up <0108 05927> [there went up a mist. or, a mist which went up.]
formed ... man ................... man <03335 0120> [formed man.]
[of the dust. Heb. the dust of, etc. dust.]
breathed <05301> [and breathed.]
nostrils <0639> [nostrils.]
life ....... living <02416> [a living.]
orchard <01588> [a garden.]
east <06924> [eastward.]
placed ... man <07760 0120> [put the.]
tree .............. tree ...... tree <06086> [every.]
tree .............. tree ... life .... tree <02416 06086> [tree of life.]
tree .............. tree ...... tree .... knowledge <01847 06086> [tree of knowledge.]
river <05104> [a river.]
Eden <05731> [Eden.]
Eden denotes pleasure or delight; but was certainly the name of a place, and was, most probably, situated in Armenia, near the sources of the great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Phasis, and Araxes.
Havilah <02341> [Havilah.]
Bdellium is a transparent aromatic gum. The onyx is a precious stone, so called from a Greek word signifying a man's nail, to the colour of which it nearly approaches.
lazuli <07718> [onyx.]
Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]
The Araxes, which runs into the Caspian sea.
Cush <03568> [Ethiopia. Heb. Cush.]
The country of the ancient Cussaei.
Tigris <02313> [Hiddekel.]
[The Tigris. toward the east of. or, eastward to.]
Euphrates <06578> [Euphrates.]
man <0120> [the man. or, Adam.]
placed <03240> [put.]
God <0430> [God.]
freely eat <0398> [thou mayest freely eat. Heb. eating thou shalt eat.]
tree <06086> [of the tree.]
surely die <04191> [thou shalt surely die. Heb. dying thou shalt die. surely.]
good <02896> [good.]
make <06213> [I will.]
companion for him <05828> [meet for him. Heb. as before him.]
ground <0127> [And out.]
brought <0935> [brought.]
man ............ man <0120> [Adam. or, the man.]
So .... named <07121 08034> [gave names to. Heb. called. but.]
Then <01129> [made. Heb. builded.]
brought <0935> [brought.]
bone .... bones <06106> [bone.]
flesh .... flesh <01320> [flesh.]
woman <0802> [Woman. Heb. Isha.]
taken out <03947> [taken.]
man <0376> [Man. Heb. Ish.]
leaves <05800> [leave.]
unites <01692> [cleave.]
a ... family <0259 01320> [and they shall be one flesh.]
The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.
naked <06174> [naked.]
ashamed <0954> [ashamed.]
serpent <05175> [Now.]
serpent <05175> [serpent.]
The Samaritan Copy, instead of {nachash,} "a serpent," reads {cachash,} "a liar or deceiver," read Joh 8:44.
said ........... said <0559> [he said.]
God ........... really .... God <0637 0430> [Yea, hath. Heb. Yea, because, etc. hath.]
serpent <05175> [serpent.]
fruit <06529> [But.]
touch <05060> [touch.]
serpent <05175> [serpent.]
Surely ..... die <04191> [Ye.]
God .................. divine <0430> [God.]
eyes <05869> [your.]
God .................. divine <0430> [as gods.]
knows .................... know <03045> [knowing.]
saw <07200> [saw.]
attractive <08378> [pleasant. Heb. a desire.]
eye <05869> [to the eyes.]
ate .................. ate <0398> [and did.]
ate .................. ate <0398> [and he did eat.]
eyes <05869> [And the.]
knew <03045> [knew.]
they ...... sewed <01992 08609> [and they.]
coverings <02290> [aprons. or, things to gird about.]
heard <08085> [And they.]
breezy ..... day <03117 07307> [cool of the day. Heb. wind.]
hid <02244> [hid.]
afraid <03372> [and I was.]
I <0595> [because.]
done <06213> [What.]
serpent <05175> [The serpent.]
cursed <0779> [thou art.]
dust <06083> [dust.]
hostility <0342> [enmity.]
offspring .... offspring <02233> [thy seed.]
offspring .... offspring <02233> [her seed.]
attack ....... attack <07779> [it shall.]
attack ....... attack <07779> [thou.]
pain <06089> [in sorrow.]
want <08669> [thy desire.]
husband <0376> [to. or, subject to. rule.]
obeyed <08085> [Because.]
ate ............. eat ................ eat <0398> [and hast.]
cursed <0779> [cursed.]
toil <06093> [in sorrow.]
thorns <06975> [Thorns.]
produce <06779> [bring forth. Heb. cause to bud. herb.]
sweat <02188> [In.]
until <05704> [till.]
dust .... dust <06083> [for dust.]
dust .... dust <06083> [and.]
man <0120> [Adam.]
Eve <02332> [Eve. Heb. Chavah; that is, living. of.]
made <06213> [make.]
one <0259> [as one.]
tree <06086> [tree.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
cultivate <05647> [till.]
eastern <06924> [east.]
angelic sentries <03742> [Cherubims.]
flame <03858> [a flaming.]
guard <08104> [to keep.]
Genesis 2:5-8
shrub <07880> [plant.]
not <03808> [had not.]
cultivate <05647> [to till.]
Springs ... well up <0108 05927> [there went up a mist. or, a mist which went up.]
formed ... man ................... man <03335 0120> [formed man.]
[of the dust. Heb. the dust of, etc. dust.]
breathed <05301> [and breathed.]
nostrils <0639> [nostrils.]
life ....... living <02416> [a living.]
orchard <01588> [a garden.]
east <06924> [eastward.]
placed ... man <07760 0120> [put the.]
