1天H8064地H776萬物H6635都造齊了H3615。 2到第七H7637日H3117,神H430造H6213物的工H4399已經完畢H3615,就在第七H7637日H3117歇了H7673他一切的工H4399,安息了。 3神H430賜福H1288給第七H7637日H3117,定為聖H6942日;因為H3588在這日,神H430歇了H7673他一切創H1254造H6213的工H4399,就安息了。 4創造H1254天H8064地H776的來歷H8435,在耶和華H3068神H430造H6213天H8064地H776的日子H3117,乃是這樣H428, 5野地H776還沒H2962有草木H7880,田H7704間的菜蔬H6212還沒H2962有長起來H6779;因為H3588耶和華H3068神H430還沒有H3808降雨H4305在地H776上,也沒有H369人H120耕H5647地H127, 6但有霧氣H108從H4480地H776上騰H5927,滋潤H8248遍地H127。 7耶和華H3068神H430用地上H127的塵土H6083造H3335人H120,將生H2416氣H5397吹H5301在他鼻孔H639裡,他H120就成了有靈的H2416活人H5315,名叫亞當。 8耶和華H3068神H430在東方的H6924伊甸H5731立了H5193一個園子H1588,把所H834造H3335的人H120安置H7760在那裡H8033。 9耶和華H3068神H430使H6779各樣的樹H6086從H4480地裡H127長H6779出來,可以悅人H2530的眼目H4758,其上的果子好H2896作食物H3978。園子H1588當中H8432又有生命H2416樹H6086和分別善H2896惡H7451的樹H6086。 10有河H5014從伊甸H5731流出來H3318,滋潤H8248那園子H1588,從那裡分H6504為四H702道: 11第一H259道名叫H8034比遜H6376,就是環繞H5437哈腓拉H2341全地H776的。在那裡有金子H2091, 12並且那H1931地H776的金子H2091是好的H2896;在那裡又有珍珠H916和紅瑪瑙H7718,H68。 13第二H8145道河H5104名叫H8034基訓H1521,就是環繞H5437古實H3568全地H776的。 14第三H7992道河H5104名叫H8034希底結H2313,流在H1980亞述H804的東邊H6926。第四H7243道河H5104就是伯拉河H6578。 15耶和華H3068神H430將H3947那人H120安置H3240在伊甸H5731園H1588,使他修理H5647,看守H8104。 16耶和華H3068神H430吩咐H6680他H120說H559:園中H1588各樣樹H6086上的果子,你可以隨意H398吃H398, 17只是分別H1847善H2896惡H7451樹H6086上的果子,你不可吃H398,因為你吃H398的日子H3117必定H4191死H4191! 18耶和華H3068神H430說H559:那人H1961獨居不好H2896,我要為他造H6213一個配偶幫助H5828他。 19耶和華H3068神H430用土H127所造成的H3335野地H7704各樣走獸H2416和空中H8064各樣飛鳥H5775都帶H935到那人H120面前,看H7200他叫H7121甚麼。那人H120怎樣叫H7121各樣的活H2416物H5315,那H1931就是他的名字H8034。 20那人H120便給H7121一切牲畜H929和空中H8064飛鳥H5775、野地H7704走獸H2416都起了名H8034;只是那人H120沒有遇見H4672配偶H5828幫助他。 21耶和華H3068神H430使H5307他H121沉睡,他就睡了H3462;於是取下H3947他的一H259條肋骨H6763,又把肉H1320合起來H5462。 22耶和華H3068神H430就用那人H120身上所取的H3947肋骨H6763造成H1129一個女人H802,領他H935到那人H120跟前。 23那人H120說H559:這H2063是我骨中H6106的骨H6106,肉中H1320的肉H1320,可以稱H7121他H2063為女人H802,因為他H2063是從男人H376身上取出來的H3947。 24因此H3651,人H376要離開H5800父H1母H517,與妻子H802連合H1692,二人成為一H259體H1320。 25當時夫H120妻H802二人H8147赤身露體H6174,並不羞恥H954。
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change has ever since been made in the course of the world, no new species of animals been formed, no law of nature repealed or added to.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.