1Y FUERONH3615 acabados los cielosH8064 y la tierraH776, y todoH3605 su ornamentoH6635. 2Y acabóH3615 DiosH430 en el díaH3117 séptimoH7637 su obraH4399 queH834 hizoH6213, y reposóH7673 el díaH3117 séptimoH7637 de todaH3605 su obraH4399 queH834 había hechoH6213. 3Y bendijoH1288 DiosH430 al díaH3117 séptimoH7637, y santificóloH6942, porqueH3588 en él reposóH7673 de todaH3605 su obraH4399 queH834 había DiosH430 criadoH1254 y hechoH6213. 4EstosH428 son los orígenesH8435 de los cielosH8064 y de la tierraH776 cuando fueron criadosH1254, el díaH3117 que JehováH3068 DiosH430 hizoH6213 la tierraH776 y los cielosH8064, 5Y todaH3605 plantaH7880 del campoH7704 antesH2962 que fueseH1961 en la tierraH776, y todaH3605 hierbaH6212 del campoH7704 antesH2962 que nacieseH6779: porqueH3588 aun noH3808 había JehováH3068 DiosH430 hecho lloverH4305 sobreH5921 la tierraH776, niH369 habíaH4305 hombreH120 para que labraseH5647 la tierraH127; 6Mas subíaH5927 deH4480 la tierraH776 un vaporH108, que regabaH8248 todaH3605 la fazH6440 deH4480 la tierraH127. 7FormóH3335, pues, JehováH3068 DiosH430 al hombreH120 del polvoH6083 deH4480 la tierraH127, y alentóH5301 en su narizH639 soploH5397 deH4480 vidaH2416; y fuéH1961 el hombreH120 en almaH5315 vivienteH2416. 8Y había JehováH3068 DiosH430 plantadoH5193 un huertoH1588 en EdénH5731 al orienteH6924, y pusoH7760 allíH8033 al hombreH120 queH834 había formadoH3335. 9Y había JehováH3068 DiosH430 hecho nacerH6779 deH4480 la tierraH127 todoH3605 árbolH6086 deliciosoH2530 á la vistaH4758, y buenoH2896 para comerH3978: también el árbolH6086 deH4480 vidaH2416 en medioH8432 del huertoH1588, y el árbolH6086 deH4480 cienciaH1847 del bienH2896 y del malH7451. 10Y salíaH3318 de EdénH5731 un ríoH5104 para regarH8248 el huertoH1588, y de allíH8033 se repartíaH6504 en cuatroH702 ramalesH7218. 11El nombreH8034 del unoH259 era PisónH6376: ésteH1931 es el que cerca toda la tierraH776 de HavilahH2341, dondeH834 hay oroH2091: 12Y el oroH2091 de aquellaH1931 tierraH776 es buenoH2896: hay allíH8033 también bdelioH916 y piedraH68 cornerinaH7718. 13El nombreH8034 del segundoH8145 ríoH5104 es GihónH1521: ésteH1931 es el que rodeaH5437 todaH3605 la tierraH776 de EtiopíaH3568. 14Y el nombreH8034 del tercerH7992 ríoH5104 es HiddekelH2313: ésteH1931 es el que vaH1980 delante de AsiriaH804. Y el cuartoH7243 ríoH5104 esH1931 el EufratesH6578. 15TomóH3947, pues, JehováH3068 DiosH430 al hombreH120, y le pusoH5146 en el huertoH1588 de EdénH5731, para que lo labraraH5647 y lo guardaseH8104. 16Y mandóH6680 JehováH3068 DiosH430 al hombreH120, diciendoH559: De todoH3605 árbolH6086 del huertoH1588 comerásH398 H398; 17Mas delH4480 árbolH6086 de cienciaH1847 delH4480 bienH2896 y delH4480 malH7451 noH3808 comerásH398 de él; porqueH3588 el díaH3117 que deH4480 él comieresH398, morirásH4191. 18Y dijoH559 JehováH3068 DiosH430: NoH3808 es buenoH2896 que el hombreH120 estéH1961 solo; haréleH6213 ayudaH5828 idóneaH5048 para él. 19FormóH3335, pues, JehováH3068 DiosH430 deH4480 la tierraH127 todaH3605 bestiaH2416 del campoH7704, y todaH3605 aveH5775 deH4480 los cielosH8064, y trájolasH935 á AdamH120, para que vieseH7200 cómoH4100 les había deH4480 llamarH7121; y todoH3605 lo queH834 AdamH120 llamóH7121 á los animalesH5315 vivientesH2416, eseH1931 es suH1931 nombreH8034. 20Y pusoH7121 AdamH120 nombresH8034 á todaH3605 bestiaH929 y aveH5775 de los cielosH8064 y á todoH3605 animal del campoH7704: mas para AdamH120 noH3808 hallóH4672 ayudaH5828 que estuviese idóneaH5048 para él. 21Y JehováH3068 DiosH430 hizoH5307 caer sueñoH8639 sobreH5921 AdamH120, y se quedó dormidoH3462: entonces tomóH3947 unaH259 de sus costillasH6763, y cerróH5462 la carneH1320 en su lugarH8478; 22Y de la costillaH6763 queH834 JehováH3068 DiosH430 tomóH3947 delH4480 hombreH120, hizoH1129 una mujerH802, y trájolaH935 alH413 hombreH120. 23Y dijoH559 AdamH120: EstoH2063 es ahoraH6471 huesoH6106 de mis huesosH6106, y carneH1320 de mi carneH1320: éstaH2063 será llamadaH7121 VaronaH802, porqueH3588 del varónH376 fué tomadaH3947. 24PorH5921 tantoH3651, dejaráH5800 el hombreH376 á su padreH1 y á su madreH517, y allegarseH1692 ha á su mujerH802, y seránH1961 unaH259 sola carneH1320. 25Y estabanH1961 ambosH8147 desnudosH6174, AdamH120 y su mujerH802, y noH3808 se avergonzabanH954.
Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary 1 THE NARRATIVE OF THE SIX DAYS' CREATION CONTINUED. The course of the narrative is improperly broken by the division of the chapter. (
Gen 2:1)
the heavens--the firmament or atmosphere.
host--a multitude, a numerous array, usually connected in Scripture with heaven only, but here with the earth also, meaning all that they contain.
were finished--brought to completion. No permanent change has ever since been made in the course of the world, no new species of animals been formed, no law of nature repealed or added to. They could have been finished in a moment as well as in six days, but the work of creation was gradual for the instruction of man, as well, perhaps, as of higher creatures (
Job 38:7).
2 THE FIRST SABBATH. (
Gen 2:2-
Gen 2:7)
and he rested on the seventh day--not to repose from exhaustion with labor (see
Isa 40:28), but ceased from working, an example equivalent to a command that we also should cease from labor of every kind.
3 blessed and sanctified the seventh day--a peculiar distinction put upon it above the other six days, and showing it was devoted to sacred purposes. The institution of the Sabbath is as old as creation, giving rise to that weekly division of time which prevailed in the earliest ages. It is a wise and beneficent law, affording that regular interval of rest which the physical nature of man and the animals employed in his service requires, and the neglect of which brings both to premature decay. Moreover, it secures an appointed season for religious worship, and if it was necessary in a state of primeval innocence, how much more so now, when mankind has a strong tendency to forget God and His claims?
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth--the history or account of their production. Whence did Moses obtain this account so different from the puerile and absurd fictions of the heathen? Not from any human source, for man was not in existence to witness it; not from the light of nature or reason, for though they proclaim the eternal power and Godhead by the things which are made, they cannot tell how they were made. None but the Creator Himself could give this information, and therefore it is through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God (
Heb 11:3).
5 rain, mist--(See on
Gen 1:11).
7 Here the sacred writer supplies a few more particulars about the first pair.
formed--had FORMED MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND. Science has proved that the substance of his flesh, sinews, and bones, consists of the very same elements as the soil which forms the crust of the earth and the limestone that lies embedded in its bowels. But from that mean material what an admirable structure has been reared in the human body (
Ps 139:14).
the breath of life--literally, of lives, not only animal but spiritual life. If the body is so admirable, how much more the soul with all its varied faculties.
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life--not that the Creator literally performed this act, but respiration being the medium and sign of life, this phrase is used to show that man's life originated in a different way from his body--being implanted directly by God (
Eccl 12:7), and hence in the new creation of the soul Christ breathed on His disciples (
John 20:22).
8 THE GARDEN OF EDEN. (
Gen 2:8-
Gen 2:17)
Eden--was probably a very extensive region in Mesopotamia, distinguished for its natural beauty and the richness and variety of its produce. Hence its name, signifying "pleasantness." God planted a garden eastward, an extensive park, a paradise, in which the man was put to be trained under the paternal care of his Maker to piety and usefulness.
9 tree of life--so called from its symbolic character as a sign and seal of immortal life. Its prominent position where it must have been an object of daily observation and interest, was admirably fitted to keep man habitually in mind of God and futurity.
tree of the knowledge of good and evil--so called because it was a test of obedience by which our first parents were to be tried, whether they would be good or bad, obey God or break His commands.
15 put the man into the garden of Eden to dress it--not only to give him a pleasant employment, but to place him on his probation, and as the title of this garden, the garden of the Lord (
Gen 13:10;
Ezek 28:13), indicates, it was in fact a temple in which he worshipped God, and was daily employed in offering the sacrifices of thanksgiving and praise.
17 thou shalt not eat of it . . . thou shalt surely die--no reason assigned for the prohibition, but death was to be the punishment of disobedience. A positive command like this was not only the simplest and easiest, but the only trial to which their fidelity could be exposed.
18 THE MAKING OF WOMAN, AND INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. (
Gen 2:18-
Gen 2:25)
it is not good for the man to be alone--In the midst of plenty and delights, he was conscious of feelings he could not gratify. To make him sensible of his wants,
19 God brought unto Adam--not all the animals in existence, but those chiefly in his immediate neighborhood to be subservient to his use.
whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof--His powers of perception and intelligence were supernaturally enlarged to know the characters, habits, and uses of each species that was brought to him.
20 but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him--The design of this singular scene was to show him that none of the living creatures he saw were on an equal footing with himself, and that while each class came with its mate of the same nature, form, and habits, he alone had no companion. Besides, in giving names to them he was led to exercise his powers of speech and to prepare for social intercourse with his partner, a creature yet to be formed.
21 deep sleep--probably an ecstasy or trance like that of the prophets, when they had visions and revelations of the Lord, for the whole scene was probably visible to the mental eye of Adam, and hence his rapturous exclamation.
took one of his ribs--"She was not made out of his head to surpass him, nor from his feet to be trampled on, but from his side to be equal to him, and near his heart to be dear to him."
23 Woman--in Hebrew, "man-ess."
24 one flesh--The human pair differed from all other pairs, that by peculiar formation of Eve, they were one. And this passage is appealed to by our Lord as the divine institution of marriage (
Matt 19:4-
Matt 19:5;
Eph 5:28). Thus Adam appears as a creature formed after the image of God--showing his knowledge by giving names to the animals, his righteousness by his approval of the marriage relation, and his holiness by his principles and feelings, and finding gratification in the service and enjoyment of God.