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Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 2:1-3

Genesis THE VISION OF CREATION Gen_1:26 - Gen_2:3 . We are not to look to Genesis for a scientific cosmogony, and are not to be disturbed by physicists’ criticisms on it as such. Its purpose is quite another, and far more important; namely, to imprint deep and ineffaceable the conviction that the one God created all things. Nor must it be forgotten that this vision of creation was given to people ignorant of natural science, and prone to fall back into surrounding idolatry. The comparison... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 2:1-17

Man in Eden, Innocence Genesis 2:1-17 The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from the use of the same term for God- Elohim. God’s Rest was not from weariness, or exhaustion, but because His work of Creation was finished. He is ever at work, remember John 5:17 . We enter into His rest, when we cease to worry, and trust Him in all and for all. In Genesis 2:4 , Moses incorporates another of those wonderful God-given narratives, which had been handed down from the lips... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 2:1-25

This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account. First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed" suggests the figure of the potter, molding to shape, material already existing. It is a scientific fact that all the elements in man's physical life are found in the dust of the ground. Second, "Jehovah God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." This is the final divine act, mysterious and... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 2:1-2

Creation Scenes Genesis 1:11-31 ; Genesis 2:1-2 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:12 , we find the story of God's command to the earth to bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit. In all of this there is a wonderful depth of meaning affecting our spiritual lives. 1. The call of God to us is for fruitfulness. Whether it be in the natural earth or in the lives of saints, the great heart of God desires fruit. We remember how Christ said on one... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 2:1-10

The Beginning and the Beginning Again Genesis 1:26-31 ; Genesis 2:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The word Genesis means the "beginning." It is the first Book of the Bible, and in its opening chapters we have the story of the beginning of the original creation, of the earth renewed and blessed, of the creation of man and of woman, of the vision of the Garden of Eden, of the entrance of sin and Satan, of the pronunciation of the curse, etc. The Book of Revelation is the Book of the "new beginning."... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 2:1

THE COMPLETED WORK‘Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.’ Genesis 2:1 The heavens and the earth were finished when God created man in His own image. Then the universe was what He designed it to be; then He could look, not upon a portion of it, but upon the whole of it, and say, ‘It is very good.’I. We are told: (1) ‘God made man in His own image; male and female created He them’; and (2) ‘He made man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:1

‘Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of them.’ This use of the word ‘host’ is unusual. Here it signifies the totality of creation, including sun, moon and stars, the different types of vegetation, fish, creatures and animals, and man, everything contained therein. Nothing remains unfinished. Every part has its place and it is completed to the last dot. Note that ‘the heavens and the earth’ refers back to verse Genesis 1:1. Thus what has been described is the detail of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:1-4

Genesis 2:1-Numbers : a. Thus in six days God completed His work of creation, and as He reviewed it He uttered the same verdict on the whole, only in a heightened form (“ very good” and not merely “ good” ) that He had uttered on the successive stages. For the whole is not the mere sum of the parts, it is a unity in which these separate parts dovetail into each other and work together in perfect mutual adjustment and co-operation. It is here described as “ the heaven and the earth . . . and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 2:1

All the creatures in heaven and earth are called their hosts, for their multitude, variety, order, power, and subjection to the Lord of hosts. Particularly the host of heaven in Scripture (which is its own best interpreter) signifies both the stars, as Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; Isaiah 34:4; and the angels, as 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 18:18; Luke 2:13; who from these words appear to have been created within the compass of the first six days, which also is probable from Colossians... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 2:1-3

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 2:2. Rested] “Kept sabbath,” i.e. “observed a sacred, festive quiet.” A good worker does his work well, and leaves off when he has done. The very crown of his work is the pleasure he takes in it when complete. Such is God’s rest; and hence He graciously seeks for intelligent companionship therein: Hebrews 3-4. Genesis 2:3. Created and made] “Made creatively, i.e., perh. by making it anew out of chaos” (Dav.). MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 2:1-3THE DIVINE... read more