“ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ”
- III. The First Day 3. אמר 'āmar , “say, bid.” After this verb comes the thing said in the words of the speaker, or an equivalent expression. In this respect it corresponds with our English...
And God said, Let there be light: and there was (e) light. (e) The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God's instrume...
a. The Priestly Story of Creation. This section belongs to the Priestly Document (P). This is shown by the use of several of its characteristic terms, by the constant repetition of the formulæ, and...
God said (occurs 10 times in Introduction). This begins each day: 3rd day twice; 6th day four times. The second act is also of God ( 1 Peter 1:23-25 ). App-5. be light . become light (as in Gene...
3. And God said Moses now, for the first time, introduces God in the act of speaking, as if he had created the mass of heaven and earth without the Word. (48) Yet John testifies that ‘...
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God said, Let there be light - הי אור ויהי אור Yehi or, vaihi or. Nothing can be conceived more dignified than this form of expression. It a...
And God said— To speak and to will, with the Almighty, is to command. His word is with power. Struck with the grandeur of this passage, the celebrated Grecian critic Longinus produces it as a...
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Let there be light, х Yªhiy ( H1961 ) 'owr ( H216 )]. It is deserving of particular notice that the substantive verb is used he...
The Creation 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jew...
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation ( Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 ) the Deity is simply called Elohim. This word is strictly a plural of...
THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Beginnings Genesis 1:1-5 All beginnings must begin with God. Always put God first. The first stone in every building, our first thought every morning, the first aim and purpose of all activity....
The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" Hebrews 11:3 ), and accounts for the things which ar...
2 Corinthians 4:6 . Is it not a sweet thought, that the same Spirit which gave light to the old creation gives light to the new.
‘ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THE LIGHT’ “And God said, Let there be light.’ Genesis 1:3 I. We have reason every day that we live to thank God for life and health, for countless blessings. And not...
And God said ,.... This phrase is used, nine times in this account of the creation; it is admired by Longinus the Heathen in his treatise "of the Sublime", as a noble instance of it; and it is most...
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Ver. 3. And God saith, Let there, &c. ] He commanded the "light to shine out of darkness." 2Co 4:6 "He spake the word, and it was done."...
God said Not by an articulate voice; for to whom should he speak? but in his own eternal mind. He willed that the effect here mentioned should be produced, and it was produced. This act of his almi...
In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to man...
The Creation. B. C. 4004. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4...
He commanded , not by such a word or speech as we use, which agreeth not with the spiritual nature of God; but either by an act of his powerful will, called the word of his power, Hebrews 1:3 or...
‘And God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light.' This is God's first ‘action'. Here was a ‘big bang' indeed. The writer is brief and to the point. God speaks and light is. That which was w...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:3 . And God said] Better (because of the strong waw , and position of verb): “Then said God” = “the state of things being as just described.” From this point the drama...
Let there be light Neither here nor in ( Genesis 1:14-18 ) is an original creative act implied. A different word is used. The sense is, made to appear; made visible. The sun and moon were crea...
Genesis 1 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the sublime record of the origin of light: "And God s...
Genesis 1:1 . In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, bu...
Let there be light The creation of light I. DIVINELY PRODUCED. 1. For the protection of life. Plants could not live without light; without it, the flowers would soon wither. Even in a brief...
The Creation of Chaos and Light
God. Psalms 33:6 Psalms 33:9 Psalms 148:5 Matthew 8:3 John 11:43 Let. Job 36:30 Job 38:19 Psalms 97:11 Psalms 104:2 Psalms 118:27 Isaiah 45:7 Isaiah 60:19 John 1:5 John 1:9...
The Alpha and Omega of Creation Genesis 1:1-5 ; Revelation 21:1-6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. The Book of Genesis is commonly known as the Book of beginnings....
We have here a farther account of the first day's work. In which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light, the great beauty and blessing of the universe: like th...