Genesis 2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it ,.... A day in which he took delight and pleasure, having finished all his works, and resting from them, and looking over them as very good; and so he pronounced this day a good and happy day, and "sanctified" or appointed it in his mind to be a day separated from others, for holy service and worship; as it was with the Jews when they became a body of people, both civil and ecclesiastical: or this is all said by way of prolepsis or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth, when they were created ,.... That is, the above account, delivered in the preceding chapter, is a history of the production of the heavens and earth, and of all things in them; the creation of them being a kind of generation, and the day of their creation a sort of birthday; see Genesis 5:1 . in the day that the Lord God made the earth, and the heavens ; meaning not any particular day, not the first day, in which the heavens and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field, before it was in the earth ,.... That is, God made it, even he who made the heavens and the earth; for these words depend upon the preceding, and are in close connection with them; signifying that the plants of the field, which were made out of the earth on the third day, were made before any were planted in it, or any seed was sown therein from whence they could proceed, and therefore must be the immediate production of divine power: and every herb of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth ,.... After the waters had been drained off from it, and it was warmed by the body of light and heat created on the first day, which caused a vapour, which went up as a mist, and descended: and watered the whole face of the ground ; or earth, and so supplied the place of rain, until that was given: though rather the words may be rendered disjunctively, "or there went up" F7 ואד יעלה "aut vapor ascendens", Junius & Tremellius. ; that... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:7

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground ,.... Not of dry dust, but, as Josephus F8 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 1. says, of red earth macerated, or mixed with water; the like notion Hesiod F9 Opera & dies, ver. 60. has; or out of clay, as in Job 33:6 hence a word is made use of, translated "formed", which is used of the potter that forms his clay into what shape he pleases: the original matter of which man was made was clay; hence the clay of Prometheus F11 Martial.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:8

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ,.... Or "had planted" F13 ויטע "plantaverat", V. L. Vatablus, Piscator, Pareus, Drusius, Cartwright; "ornaverat plantis", Junius & Tremellius. , for this was not now done after the formation of man, but before; and so the word translated "eastward" may be rendered, as it is by some, "before" F14 מקדם "a principio", V. L. so Onkelos; "antes vel antequam", same in Fagius, Cartwright. : for the plain meaning is, that God... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ,.... That is, out of the ground of the garden of Eden; and this was done on the third day, when the whole earth brought forth grass, herbs, and trees: but a peculiar spot of ground was fixed on for man, and stocked with trees of all sorts for his use, not only to bear fruit, which would be suitable and agreeable food for him, but others also, which would yield him delight to look at;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:10

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ,.... Before man was created, as Aben Ezra observes, this river went out of Eden and watered it on every side; but what river is here meant, is hard to say. It is more generally thought to be the river Euphrates, when that and the Tigris met, and became one stream or river, and as such entered and passed through Eden; and as it was parted into four rivers afterwards, in two of which they retained their names: the learned Reland F11 ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pison ,.... Not the river Nile in Egypt, as Jarchi, who thinks it is derived from "Pashah", which signifies to increase, expand, and diffuse, as that does at certain times, and spreads itself over the land of Egypt, or from "Pishten", linen, which grows there, Isaiah 19:9 nor the river Ganges in India, as Josephus F13 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 1. sect. 3. , and others; for the country where it is afterwards said to run agrees with neither Egypt nor India: rather it... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:12

And the gold of that land is good ,.... Arabia was famous for gold: Diodorus Siculus F24 Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 133. speaks of gold in Arabia, called "apyrus", which is not melted by fire out of small filings, as other; but as soon as dug is said to be pure gold, and that in the size of chestnuts, and of such a flaming colour, that the most precious stones are set in it by artificers for ornament: and in Colchis and Scythia, as Strabo F25 Geograph. l. 1. p. 31. & l. 11. p. 344. ... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:12

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