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 22:1

22:1

God <0430> [A.M. 2132. B.C. 1872. Jos. Ant. God.]

tested <05254> [tempt.]

Or prove, or try, as tempt, from tento, originally signified.

[Behold, here I am. Heb. Behold me.]