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The Food of Primeval Man—Gen_1:29-30 When God informs the newly created man, that he assigns to him for meat “every herb bearing seed, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed,” it seems impossible to resist the conclusion, that this is designed to point out to him the kind … Continue reading ““012. THE FOOD OF PRIMEVAL MAN—GENESIS 1:29-30””

Creation of Fishes and Birds—Gen_1:20 The earth has now become a delightful abode, but it is entirely without inhabitants. Two days more shall people it with animals, and the water itself, which has hitherto been the obstacle of production, shall be first of all rendered productive. God said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the … Continue reading ““008. CREATION OF FISHES AND BIRDS—GENESIS 1:20””

Creation of Land Animals—Gen_1:24 The waters now are peopled; the air is peopled; and terrestrial animals alone are wanting. Accordingly, when the morning of the sixth day dawned, God is described in the sacred record as resuming his creative work, in the words—“Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and … Continue reading ““009. CREATION OF LAND ANIMALS—GENESIS 1:24””

Genesis 1-3 : Second Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

The Firmament—Land and Water—Gen_1:6-8 We are told that on the second day of creation, “God made the firmament.” (Gen_1:7.) The primary meaning of the Hebrew word rendered “firmament,” is expansion, outstretching, attenuation, elasticity, which are the very properties of our atmosphere. But the word used by the Greek translators, together with the long prevalent notion, … Continue reading ““006. THE FIRMAMENT—LAND AND WATER—GENESIS 1:6-8””

The Great Lights—Gen_1:16-18 What now is wanting to complete the scene of inanimate nature? The mountains lift their heads to heaven. The valleys lie in soft repose, traversed by rivers and by streams, which seem, in the various motions of their course, to give the only idea of life the earth is yet able to … Continue reading ““007. THE GREAT LIGHTS—GENESIS 1:16-18””

God the Creator—Gen_1:1 When we open the Sacred Volume, the first aspect in which God is seen to present himself to us, is that of the Creator of the world. In the fullness of that knowledge which has become our heritage since He, who “at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past … Continue reading ““003. GOD THE CREATOR—GENESIS 1:1””

The Chaos—Geological Discoveries—Gen_1:2 In the first verse of Genesis we are assured of this grand truth, unknown to ages and to generations, that the visible heavens and the earth did not exist from all eternity, nor arose from accidental combinations of pre-existing matter; but had their beginning from God. Wherever that beginning was in time, … Continue reading ““004. THE CHAOS—GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES—GENESIS 1:2””

The First Light—Gen_1:3 “And God said, Let there he light; and there was light.” Striking and magnificent as these words are in the current version, their native force is much weakened by dilution. Here are eight words to translate four of the original. The Hebrew, expressed in English characters, is Yehi aor, va-yehi aor—the letters … Continue reading ““005. THE FIRST LIGHT—GENESIS 1:3””

Antediluvians and Patriarchs Volume 1 Preface Although the contents of this work are sufficiently indicated by its title, and a glance at the open page will clearly enough disclose its objects, it may be proper to afford the prefatory explanations which the reader usually expects, and which, to prevent possible misapprehensions, it is always the … Continue reading ““001. ANTEDILUVIANS AND PATRIARCHS””