Genesis 2:1-25

2:1

heavens <08064> [Thus.]

that was in them <06635> [host.]

2:2

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.

2:3

blessed <01288> [blessed.]

made ............... been doing ... creation <01254 06213> [created and made. Heb. created to make.]

2:4

account <08435> [the generations.]

Lord <03068> [Lord.]

2:5

shrub <07880> [plant.]

not <03808> [had not.]

cultivate <05647> [to till.]

2:6

Springs ... well up <0108 05927> [there went up a mist. or, a mist which went up.]

2:7

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.]

2:8

orchard <01588> [a garden.]

east <06924> [eastward.]

placed ... man <07760 0120> [put the.]

2:9

tree .............. tree ...... tree <06086> [every.]

tree .............. tree ... life .... tree <02416 06086> [tree of life.]

tree .............. tree ...... tree .... knowledge <01847 06086> [tree of knowledge.]

2:10

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.

2:11

Havilah <02341> [Havilah.]

2:12

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.]

2:13

Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]

The Araxes, which runs into the Caspian sea.

Cush <03568> [Ethiopia. Heb. Cush.]

The country of the ancient Cussaei.

2:14

Tigris <02313> [Hiddekel.]

[The Tigris. toward the east of. or, eastward to.]

Euphrates <06578> [Euphrates.]

2:15

man <0120> [the man. or, Adam.]

placed <03240> [put.]

2:16

God <0430> [God.]

freely eat <0398> [thou mayest freely eat. Heb. eating thou shalt eat.]

2:17

tree <06086> [of the tree.]

surely die <04191> [thou shalt surely die. Heb. dying thou shalt die. surely.]

2:18

good <02896> [good.]

make <06213> [I will.]

companion for him <05828> [meet for him. Heb. as before him.]

2:19

ground <0127> [And out.]

brought <0935> [brought.]

man ............ man <0120> [Adam. or, the man.]

2:20

So .... named <07121 08034> [gave names to. Heb. called. but.]

2:21

2:22

Then <01129> [made. Heb. builded.]

brought <0935> [brought.]

2:23

bone .... bones <06106> [bone.]

flesh .... flesh <01320> [flesh.]

woman <0802> [Woman. Heb. Isha.]

taken out <03947> [taken.]

man <0376> [Man. Heb. Ish.]

2:24

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.

2:25

naked <06174> [naked.]

ashamed <0954> [ashamed.]

Genesis 18:21

18:21

go down <03381> [I will go down.]

This is spoken figuratively; and as the Jewish writers speak, according to the language of men. So eyes, ears, hands, and other members of the body are attributed to God, for effecting those things which men cannot accomplish without these members.

see <07200> [see.]

know <03045> [I will know.]