Genesis 1:20-30 KJV,ASV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man - It is evident that God intends to impress the mind of man with a sense of something extraordinary in the formation of his body and soul, when he introduces the account of his creation thus; Let Us make man. The word אדם Adam , which we translate man, is intended to designate the species of animal, as חיתו chaitho , marks the wild beasts that live in general a solitary life; בהמה behemah , domestic or gregarious animals; and רמש remes , all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them - Marked them as being under his especial protection, and gave them power to propagate and multiply their own kind on the earth. A large volume would be insufficient to contain what we know of the excellence and perfection of man, even in his present degraded fallen state. Both his body and soul are adapted with astonishing wisdom to their residence and occupations; and also the place of their residence, as well as the surrounding objects, in their diversity, color, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:29

I have given you every herb - for meat - It seems from this, says an eminent philosopher, that man was originally intended to live upon vegetables only; and as no change was made In the structure of men's bodies after the flood, it is not probable that any change was made in the articles of their food. It may also be inferred from this passage that no animal whatever was originally designed to prey on others; for nothing is here said to be given to any beast of the earth besides green herbs... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:20

Verse 20 20.Let the waters bring forth... the moving creature (74) On the fifth day the birds and fishes are created. The blessing of God is added, that they may of themselves produce offspring. Here is a different kind of propagation from that in herbs and trees: for there the power of fructifying is in the plants, and that of germinating is in the seed; but here generation takes place. It seems, however, but little consonant with reason, that he declares birds to have proceeded from the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:21

Verse 21 21.And God created A question here arises out of the word created. For we have before contended, that because the world was created, it was made out of nothing; but now Moses says that things formed from other matter were created. They who truly and properly assert that the fishes were created because the waters were in no way sufficient or suitable for their production, only resort to a subterfuge: for, in the meantime, the fact would remain that the material of which they were made... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:22

Verse 22 22.And God blessed them What is the force of this benediction he soon declares. For God does not, after the manner of men, pray that we may be blessed; but, by the bare intimation of his purpose, effects what men seek by earnest entreaty. He therefore blesses his creatures when he commands them to increase and grow; that is, he infuses into them fecundity by his word. But it seems futile for God to address fishes and reptiles. I answer, this mode of speaking was no other than that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:24

Verse 24 24.Let the earth bring forth He descends to the sixth day, on which the animals were created, and then man. ‘Let the earth,’ he says, ‘bring forth living creatures.’ But whence has a dead element life? Therefore, there is in this respect a miracle as great as if God had begun to create out of nothing those things which he commanded to proceed from the earth. And he does not take his material from the earth, because he needed it, but that he might the better combine the separate parts... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:26

Verse 26 26.Let us make man (83) Although the tense here used is the future, all must acknowledge that this is the language of one apparently deliberating. Hitherto God has been introduced simply as commanding; now, when he approaches the most excellent of all his works, he enters into consultation. God certainly might here command by his bare word what he wished to be done: but he chose to give this tribute to the excellency of man, that he would, in a manner, enter into consultation... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:27

Verse 27 27.So God created man The reiterated mention of the image of God is not a vain repetition. For it is a remarkable instance of the Divine goodness which can never be sufficiently proclaimed. And, at the same time, he admonishes us from what excellence we have fallen, that he may excite in us the desire of its recovery. When he soon afterwards adds, that God created them male and female, he commends to us that conjugal bond by which the society of mankind is cherished. For this form of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:28

Verse 28 28.And God blessed them This blessing of God may be regarded as the source from which the human race has flowed. And we must so consider it not only with reference to the whole, but also, as they say, in every particular instance. For we are fruitful or barren in respect of offspring, as God imparts his power to some and withholds it from others. But here Moses would simply declare that Adam with his wife was formed for the production of offspring, in order that men might replenish the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:28

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