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Genesis 2

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Introduction

1  The first Sabbath.
4  Further particulars concerning the manner of creation.
8  The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;
15  man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge only forbidden.
18  The animals are named by Adam.
21  The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.
Verse 1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Thus
4, 1:1,10, Exodus 20:11, 31:17, 2 Kings 19:15, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Nehemiah 9:6, Job 12:9, Psalms 89:11-13, 104:2, 136:5-8, 146:6, Isaiah 42:5, 45:18, 48:13, 55:9, Isaiah 65:17, Jeremiah 10:12,16, Zechariah 12:1, Acts 4:24, Hebrews 4:3
host
Deuteronomy 4:19, 17:3, 2 Kings 21:3-5, Psalms 33:6,9, Isaiah 34:4, 40:26-28, 45:12, Jeremiah 8:2, Luke 2:13, Acts 7:42
Verse 2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And on
1:31, Exodus 20:11, 23:12, 31:17, Deuteronomy 5:14, Isaiah 58:13, John 5:17, Hebrews 4:4
seventh day God
The LXX., Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as which stands for six, might easily be changed into [zayin] which denotes seven.
rested
Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.
Verse 3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
blessed
Exodus 16:22-30, 20:8-11, 23:12, 31:13-17, 34:21, 35:2,3, Leviticus 23:3, 25:2,3, Deuteronomy 5:12-14, Nehemiah 9:14, 13:15-22, Proverbs 10:22, Isaiah 56:2-7, 58:13,14, Jeremiah 17:21-27, Ezekiel 20:12, Mark 2:27, Luke 23:56, Hebrews 4:4-10
created and made
Heb. created to make.
Verse 4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
the generations
1:4, 5:1, 10:1, 11:10, 25:12,19, 36:1,9, Exodus 6:16, Job 38:28, Psalms 90:1,2
Lord
Exodus 15:3, 1 Kings 18:39, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Psalms 18:31, 86:10, Isaiah 44:6, Revelation 1:4,8, Revelation 11:17, 16:5
Verse 5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
plant
1:12, Psalms 104:14
had not
Job 5:10, 38:26-28, Psalms 65:9-11, 135:7, Jeremiah 14:22, Matthew 5:45, Hebrews 6:7
to till
3:23, 4:2,12
Verse 6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
there went up a mist
or, a mist which went up.
Verse 7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
formed man
Psalms 100:3, 139:14,15, Isaiah 64:8
of the dust
Heb. the dust of, etc. dust.
3:19,23, Job 4:19, 33:6, Psalms 103:14, Ecclesiastes 3:7,20, 12:7, Isaiah 64:8, Romans 9:20, 1 Corinthians 15:47, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 5:1
and breathed
Job 27:3, 33:4, John 20:22, Acts 17:25
nostrils
7:22, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Isaiah 2:22
a living
Numbers 16:22, 27:16, Proverbs 20:27, Zechariah 12:1, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Hebrews 12:9
Verse 8

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
a garden
13:10, Ezekiel 28:13, 31:8,9, Joel 2:3
eastward
3:24, 4:16, 2 Kings 19:12, Ezekiel 27:23, 31:16,18
put the
Verse 9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
every
Ezekiel 31:8,9,16,18
tree of life
3:22, Proverbs 3:18, 11:30, Ezekiel 47:12, John 6:48, Revelation 2:7, 22:2,14
tree of knowledge
17, 3:3,22, Deuteronomy 6:25, Isaiah 44:25, 47:10, 1 Corinthians 8:1
Verse 10

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
a river
Psalms 46:4, Revelation 22:1
Eden
Eden denotes pleasure or delight; but was certainly the name of a place, and was, most probably, situated in Armenia, near the sources of the great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Phasis, and Araxes.
Verse 11

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Havilah
10:7,29, 25:18, 1 Samuel 15:7
Verse 12

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Numbers 11:7
onyx
Exodus 28:20, 39:13, Job 28:16, Ezekiel 28:13
Verse 13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Gihon
The Araxes, which runs into the Caspian sea.
Ethiopia
Heb. Cush. The country of the ancient Cussaei.
10:6, Isaiah 11:11
Verse 14

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Hiddekel
Daniel 10:4
The Tigris
toward the east of. or, eastward to.
10:11,22, 25:18
Euphrates
15:18, Deuteronomy 1:7, 11:24, Revelation 9:14
Verse 15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
the man
or, Adam.
2, Job 31:33
put
8, Psalms 128:2, Ephesians 4:28
Verse 16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
God
1 Samuel 15:22
thou mayest freely eat
Heb. eating thou shalt eat.
9, 3:1,2, 1 Timothy 4:4, 6:17
Verse 17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
of the tree
9, 3:1-3,11,17,19
thou shalt surely die
Heb. dying thou shalt die. surely.
3:3,4,19, 20:7, Numbers 26:65, Deuteronomy 27:26, 1 Samuel 14:39,44, 20:31, 22:16, 1 Kings 2:37,42, Jeremiah 26:8, Ezekiel 3:18-20, 18:4,13,32, 33:8,14, Romans 1:32, Romans 5:12-21, 6:16,23, 7:10-13, 8:2, 1 Corinthians 15:22,56, Galatians 3:10, Ephesians 2:1-6, Ephesians 5:14, Colossians 2:13, 1 Timothy 5:6, James 1:15, 1 John 5:16, Revelation 2:11, 20:6,14, Revelation 21:8
Verse 18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
good
1:31, 3:12, Ruth 3:1, Proverbs 18:22, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, 1 Corinthians 7:36
I will
3:12, 1 Corinthians 11:7-12, 1 Timothy 2:11-13, 1 Peter 3:7
meet for him
Heb. as before him.
Verse 19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And out
1:20-25
brought
22,23, 1:26,28, 6:20, 9:2, Psalms 8:4-8
Adam
or, the man.
Verse 20

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
gave names to
Heb. called. but.
Verse 21

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
15:12, 1 Samuel 26:12, Job 4:13, 33:15, Proverbs 19:15, Daniel 8:18
Verse 22

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
made
Heb. builded.
Psalms 127:1, 1 Timothy 2:13
brought
19, Proverbs 18:22, 19:14, Hebrews 13:4
Verse 23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
bone
29:14, Judges 9:2, 2 Samuel 5:1, 19:13, Ephesians 5:30
flesh
Woman
Heb. Isha.
1 Corinthians 11:8,9
taken
1 Corinthians 11:8
Man
Heb. Ish.
Verse 24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
leave
24:58,59, 31:14,15, Psalms 45:10
cleave
Leviticus 22:12,13, Deuteronomy 4:4, 10:20, Joshua 23:8, Psalms 45:10, Proverbs 12:4, 31:10, Acts 11:23
and they shall be one flesh
The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.
Malachi 2:14-16, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:6-12, Romans 7:2, 1 Corinthians 6:16,17, 7:2-4,10, 1 Corinthians 7:11, Ephesians 5:28-31, 1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Peter 3:1-7
Verse 25

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
naked
3:7,10,11
ashamed
Exodus 32:25, Psalms 25:3, 31:17, Isaiah 44:9, 47:3, 54:4, Jeremiah 6:15, 17:13, Ezekiel 16:61, Joel 2:26, Mark 8:38, Luke 9:26, Romans 10:11

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