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Genesis 1:24-31
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:24-31
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:20-25Genesis 1:20-25 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryGod commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and as curious, seem to have been part of this day's work. The Creator's wisd…The Creation. (b. c. 4004.)Genesis 1:24-25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE CREATION. (B. C. 4004.) We have here the first part of the sixth day's work. The sea was, the day before, replenished with its fish, and the air with its fowl; and this day were made the beasts of the earth, the cat…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:24-31Genesis 1:24-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe sixth day. We pass from the sea and air to the earth. We are being led to man. Notice?? I. THE PREPARATION IS COMPLETE. Before the earth receives the human being, it brings forth all the other creatures, and God see…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 1:20-25God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and as curious, seem to have been part of this day's work. The Creator's wisd…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Creation. (b. c. 4004.)THE CREATION. (B. C. 4004.) We have here the first part of the sixth day's work. The sea was, the day before, replenished with its fish, and the air with its fowl; and this day were made the beasts of the earth, the cat…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:24-31The sixth day. We pass from the sea and air to the earth. We are being led to man. Notice?? I. THE PREPARATION IS COMPLETE. Before the earth receives the human being, it brings forth all the other creatures, and God see…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:25And God made (asah, not beta, the principle of life being not now introduced for the first time, as in Genesis 1:21) the beast of the earth (the chayyah) after his kind, and cattle (behemah) after their kind, and every…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 1:26-28Man was made last of all the creatures: this was both an honour and a favour to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was made of the same earth with theirs; and while he is in the body, he i…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Creation. (b. c. 4004.)THE CREATION. (B. C. 4004.) We have here the second part of the sixth day's work, the creation of man, which we are, in a special manner, concerned to take notice of, that we may know ourselves. Observe, I. That man was…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:26The importance assigned in the Biblical record to the creation of man is indicated by the manner in which it is introduced. And God said, Let us make man. Having already explained the significance of the term Elohim, as…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 1:27The greatness of man. I. THE TIME OF HIS APPEARANCE. The latest of God's works, he was produced towards the close of the era that witnessed the introduction upon our globe of the higher animals. Taking either view of th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors