Genesis 1

Genesis 1:1

1:1 God (a-4) Heb. Elohim , the plural of Eloah , ’the Supreme’. It is Deity in the absolute sense. Elohim will, in the text, appear only in the name of Jehovah Elohim ; moreover, when Elohim following immediately on Jehovah has a grammatical adjunct, its place will be taken by the English word ‘God’. see Genesis 9:26 and 24.7. Other Hebrew divine names translated as ‘God’ will be indicated as follows. Eloah +God; El , , *God. For the meaning of Jehovah, , the ever-existing One, see Exodus 3:14 ,Exodus 3:15 ; Isaiah 40:28 . For Jah , the existing One objectively, see Exodus 15:2 ; Psalms 68:4 . The name seems to express absolute rather than continuous existence. For Adonai (a name of God, not merely a title), translated ‘Lord’, see Ezekiel 2:4 .

Genesis 1:2

1:2 waste (b-5) See Isaiah 34:11 ; Isaiah 45:18 .

Genesis 1:5

1:5 day. (c-24) Or ‘one day.’

Genesis 1:14

1:14 lights (d-7) Lit. ’light-bearers.’

Genesis 1:15

1:15 lights (d-6) Lit. ’light-bearers.’

Genesis 1:16

1:16 lights, (d-7) light (d-10) light (d-18) Lit. ’light-bearers.’

Genesis 1:17

1:17 set (e-3) Lit. ‘gave.’

Genesis 1:20

1:20 in (a-20) Lit. ‘on the face of.’

Genesis 1:21

1:21 monsters, (b-7) The word applies to rivers as well as to the sea, and is also used for crocodiles, serpents. see Exodus 7:9 .

Genesis 1:26

1:26 man (c-7) Or ‘men,’ ‘mankind.’ adam , earthy.

Genesis 1:27

1:27 Man (d-4) The Adam , Man, as a race. It will be spelled with a capital, to avoid repetition of the note.

Genesis 1:28

1:28 moveth (e-42) Or ‘creepeth;’ and so elsewhere. Ch. 8.17,19.