Genesis 1:20-30 KJV,ASV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:26

And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness ,.... These words are directed not to the earth, out of which man was made, as consulting with it, and to be assisting in the formation of man, as Moses Gerundensis, and other Jewish writers F6 Vet. Nizzachon, p. 5. Lipman. Carmen Memorial. p. 108. apud Wagenseil. Tela ignea, vol. 1. , which is wretchedly stupid; nor to the angels, as the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, and others, who are not of God's privy council, nor were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image ,.... Which consisted both in the form of his body, and the erect stature of it, different from all other creatures; in agreement with the idea of that body, prepared in covenant for the Son of God, and which it was therein agreed he should assume in the fulness of time; and in the immortality of his soul, and in his intellectual powers, and in that purity, holiness, and righteousness in which he was created; as well as in his dominion, power, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them ,.... The man and the woman he had made, with all the blessings of nature and Providence; with all the good things of life; with his presence, and with communion with himself in a natural way, through the creatures; and particularly with a power of procreating their species, as follows, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth : if this is not an express command, as the Jews understand it, for marriage and procreation of children, it... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:29

And God said ,.... That is, to Adam and Eve, whom he had made in his image and likeness, and to whom he had given the dominion of the earth and sea, and all things in them: behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth ; every herb or plant which had a seed in it, by which it sowed itself again; or being taken off, might be sown by man, even everyone that was wholesome, healthful, and nourishing, without any exception; whatever grew in any part... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth ,.... Wild or tame, the cattle on a thousand hills; God took care and provided for these, being all his creatures, and designed to answer some end or other by their creation: and to every fowl of the air ; that flies in it, and to every creeping thing upon the earth ; even the meanest and lowest insect: wherein there is life ; or "a living soul"; that has an animal life, which is to be supported by food: I have given every green herb for meat ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:20

Let the waters bring forth abundantly - There is a meaning in these words which is seldom noticed. Innumerable millions of animalcula are found in water. Eminent naturalists have discovered not less than 30,000 in a single drop! How inconceivably small must each be, and yet each a perfect animal, furnished with the whole apparatus of bones, muscles, nerves, heart, arteries, veins, lungs, viscera in general, animal spirits, etc., etc. What a proof is this of the manifold wisdom of God! But... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales - הגדלים התנינם hattanninim haggedolim . Though this is generally understood by the different versions as signifying whales, yet the original must be understood rather as a general than a particular term, comprising all the great aquatic animals, such as the various species of whales, the porpoise, the dolphin, the monoceros or narwal, and the shark. God delights to show himself in little as well as in great things: hence he forms animals so minute that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:22

Let fowl multiply in the earth - It is truly astonishing with what care, wisdom, and minute skill God has formed the different genera and species of birds, whether intended to live chiefly on land or in water. The structure of a single feather affords a world of wonders; and as God made the fowls that they might fly in the firmament of heaven, Genesis 1:20 , so he has adapted the form of their bodies, and the structure and disposition of their plumage, for that very purpose. The head and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:24

Let the earth bring forth the living creature, etc. - חיה נפש nephesh chaiyah ; a general term to express all creatures endued with animal life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations, from the half-reasoning elephant down to the stupid potto, or lower still, to the polype, which seems equally to share the vegetable and animal life. The word חיתו chaitho , in the latter part of the verse, seems to signify all wild animals, as lions, tigers, etc., and especially such as are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, etc. - Every thing both in the animal and vegetable world was made so according to its kind, both in genus and species, as to produce its own kind through endless generations. Thus the several races of animals and plants have been kept distinct from the foundation of the world to the present day. This is a proof that all future generations of plants and animals have been seminally included in those which God formed in the beginning. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:25

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