Genesis 1:1-20

1:1

beginning <07225> [beginning.]

God <0430> [God.]

1:2

without shape <08414> [without.]

Spirit <07307> [Spirit.]

1:3

God <0430> [God.]

be .... there <01961> [Let.]

1:4

that <03588> [that.]

light ........ light .... darkness <0216 0996 02822> [the light from the darkness. Heb. between the light and between the darkness.]

1:5

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.]

1:6

expanse <07549> [Let there.]

expanse <07549> [firmament. Heb. expansion.]

1:7

separated <0914> [divided.]

above <05921> [above.]

so <03651> [and it.]

1:8

God <0430> [God.]

evening <06153> [evening.]

1:9

1:10

God .............. God saw <07200 0430> [God saw.]

1:11

land <0776> [Let the.]

vegetation <01877> [grass. Heb. tender grass. fruit.]

1:12

land <0776> [earth.]

plants <06212> [herb.]

1:14

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.]

1:16

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.]

1:17

1:18

1:20

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.]