Genesis 2:1--4:26

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.]

3:1

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.]

3:2

serpent <05175> [serpent.]

3:3

fruit <06529> [But.]

touch <05060> [touch.]

3:4

serpent <05175> [serpent.]

Surely ..... die <04191> [Ye.]

3:5

God .................. divine <0430> [God.]

eyes <05869> [your.]

God .................. divine <0430> [as gods.]

knows .................... know <03045> [knowing.]

3:6

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.]

3:7

eyes <05869> [And the.]

knew <03045> [knew.]

they ...... sewed <01992 08609> [and they.]

coverings <02290> [aprons. or, things to gird about.]

3:8

heard <08085> [And they.]

breezy ..... day <03117 07307> [cool of the day. Heb. wind.]

hid <02244> [hid.]

3:9

3:10

afraid <03372> [and I was.]

I <0595> [because.]

3:11

3:12

3:13

done <06213> [What.]

serpent <05175> [The serpent.]

3:14

cursed <0779> [thou art.]

dust <06083> [dust.]

3:15

hostility <0342> [enmity.]

offspring .... offspring <02233> [thy seed.]

offspring .... offspring <02233> [her seed.]

attack ....... attack <07779> [it shall.]

attack ....... attack <07779> [thou.]

3:16

pain <06089> [in sorrow.]

want <08669> [thy desire.]

husband <0376> [to. or, subject to. rule.]

3:17

obeyed <08085> [Because.]

ate ............. eat ................ eat <0398> [and hast.]

cursed <0779> [cursed.]

toil <06093> [in sorrow.]

3:18

thorns <06975> [Thorns.]

produce <06779> [bring forth. Heb. cause to bud. herb.]

3:19

sweat <02188> [In.]

until <05704> [till.]

dust .... dust <06083> [for dust.]

dust .... dust <06083> [and.]

3:20

man <0120> [Adam.]

Eve <02332> [Eve. Heb. Chavah; that is, living. of.]

3:21

made <06213> [make.]

3:22

one <0259> [as one.]

tree <06086> [tree.]

eat <0398> [eat.]

3:23

cultivate <05647> [till.]

3:24

eastern <06924> [east.]

angelic sentries <03742> [Cherubims.]

flame <03858> [a flaming.]

guard <08104> [to keep.]

4:1

marital relations <03045> [knew.]

Cain <07014> [Cain.]

That is, gotten or acquired.

I ... created <07069> [I have.]

4:2

Abel Abel <01893> [Abel. Heb. Hebel. And Abel.]

care <07462> [a keeper. Heb. a feeder.]

cultivated <05647> [tiller.]

4:3

designated time <03117 07093> [A.M. 129. B.C. 3875. in process of time. Heb. at the end of days.]

Either at the end of the year, or of the week, i.e., on the Sabbath.

fruit <06529> [the fruit.]

4:4

firstborn <01062> [the firstlings.]

flock <06629> [flock. Heb. sheep, or, goats. fat.]

<08159> [had.]

4:5

Cain .......... Cain <07014> [But.]

angry <02734> [wroth.]

4:6

4:7

if ...... right ....... if ........ right <0518 03190> [If thou doest well.]

<07613> [be accepted. or, have the excellency.]

sin <02403> [sin.]

[unto thee, or, subject unto thee.]

4:8

said <0559> [talked.]

Cain ................... Cain attacked <07014 06965> [Cain rose.]

4:9

Where ..... Abel <0335 01893> [Where is.]

know <03045> [I know.]

4:10

What <04100> [What.]

blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods. crieth.]

4:11

opened <06475> [opened.]

4:12

longer <03254> [it.]

homeless wanderer <05128> [a fugitive.]

4:13

My punishment is greater than I can bear. or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven.

4:14

driving <01644> [driven.]

presence <05921 06440> [from thy.]

<05128> [fugitive.]

[See]

finds <04672> [that.]

4:15

if <03651> [Therefore.]

seven <07659> [sevenfold.]

put ... special mark <07760 0226> [set a mark, etc.]

Or, rather, "gave a sign or token to Cain, that those who found him should not kill him."

4:16

out <03318> [went.]

Nod <05113> [Nod.]

So called from {nad,} "a vagabond," which Cain is termed in ver. 12.

4:17

Enoch ............... Enoch <02585> [Enoch.]

building <01129> [and he.]

named .... after <08034> [the name.]

4:18

Lamech <03929> [A.M. cir. 194. B.C. cir. 3810. Lamech.]

4:19

two wives <0802 08147> [two wives.]

4:20

first <01> [the.]

first <01> [father.]

The inventor or teacher, 1 Sa 10:12.

live in <03427> [dwell.]

4:21

first <01> [A.M. cir. 500. B.C. cir. 3504. father.]

harp <03658> [the harp.]

4:22

<03913> [instructer. Heb. whetter. brass.]

4:23

Listen <08085> [hear.]

I have slain a man to my wounding. or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc. .# 49:6

hurting <02250> [to my hurt. or, in my hurt.]

4:24

If <03588> [if.]

seventy-seven <07657> [seventy.]

4:25

named <07121> [A.M. 130. B.C. 3874. and called.]

Seth <08352> [Seth. Heb. Sheth; i.e., appointed, or put. God.]

4:26

<01931> [A.M. 235. B.C. 3769. To him.]

Enosh <0583> [Enos. Heb. Enosh. to call upon the name of the Lord. or, call themselves by the name of the Lord.]

.# De 26:17,18 1Ki 18:24 Ps 116:17 Isa 44:5 48:1 63:19 Jer 33:16

Genesis 27:2-12

27:2

could ..... time <03045 03117> [I know not.]

27:3

take ... weapons <05375 03627> [take, I.]

hunt <06679 06718> [take me. Heb. hunt.]

27:4

eat <0398> [that I may eat.]

The blessing, says Dr. A. Clarke, which Isaac was to confer on his son, was a species of divine right, and must be communicated with appropriate ceremonies. As eating and drinking were used among the Asiatics on almost all religious occasions, and especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable to suppose, that something of this kind was essentially necessary on this occasion; and that Isaac could not convey the right, till he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by him who was to receive the blessing.

<05315> [that my.]

27:7

presence .... Lord before <06440 03068> [before the.]

27:8

27:9

two <08147> [two.]

tasty <04303> [savoury.]

{Matammim,} from {taam,} to taste or relish: how dressed is uncertain, but its name declares it nature.

27:11

hairy man ............ skin <0376 08163> [hairy man.]

27:12

touch <04959> [feel.]

mocking <08591> [a deceiver.]

think ....... bring <05869 0935> [and I shall.]