A Summary of creative ages (Gen. 1:1; Job 38; Heb. 11:3) (Gen. 2:4)
a The heavens and the earth, which are now (2Pet. 3:5-7), not the original creation in Gen. 1:1.
b This was the work of the six days of Gen. 1:3 -- Gen. 2:25, the regulating of the solar system and the restoration of the earth to a habitable planet.
c This was the second time the earth was sinless.
i The earth's first sinless career was when Lucifer ruled the pre-Adamites (Gen. 1:2; Ezek. 28:15).
ii This was before the Pre-Adamite rebellion (Gen. 1:2; Isa. 14:12-16; Ezek. 28:11-17; Jer. 4:23-26; 2Pet. 3:5-7).
d "On the seventh day God ended his work.." The Hebrew reads On the seventh day God ceased His labors. Some believe this should read that on the sixth day God finished His work, but this is a misunderstanding of the intention of the verse and of the word 'Shebeehee' which means 'a seventh' (Gen. 1:31; Ex. 20:11). He was finished at the end of the sixth day, but he ceased from the labor and began the rest on the seventh day (Gen. 2:2).
e God's rest was only one of the things He did on the seventh day.
i God also ended His work, the intention is that the work was completed, or perfected.(Gen. 2:1-2; Dt. 32:4; Eccl. 3:11).
ii God rested, compare Gen. 2:2-3; Ex 20:11; 3:11; Heb 4:4
iii God blessed, (Gen. 2:3).
iv God sanctified the earth, meaning he separated it from the other created things and separated it for a purpose; His sanctification of the earth was also a dedication, Gen. 2:3; Ex 20:8-11.
v The reason for the sanctification clearly stated - because God rested, Gen. 2:3
f "generations" Literally, this means the family history of the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1; 2:4).
g "generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created" The first half of Gen. 2:4 refers to the original creation (Gen. 1:1); the last half of Gen. 2:4 is the work of days two, three, and four.
i The first work was a creation and the second work was a restoration of the clouds in day two, the earth in day three, and the solar system in day four.
ii The words "in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens" (Gen. 2:4) begin a new narrative.
iii Gen. 2:4a is the summary of the six days' work; Gen. 2:4b through Gen. 2:25 is a more detailed account of the work of days two, three, five, and six.
iv The first narrative states what God did and discusses the restoration of the entire universe.
v The second narrative describes how the work of days two, three, five, and six was done.
vi In the first narrative God is called Elohiym, which indicates His creative power.
vii In the second, He is called Yahweh Elohiym, (more commonly pronounced Jehovah Elohiym) this indicates a covenant relationship with His creation and His infinite power.
1 This is the first of hundreds of occurrences of this title.
2 It means the self-existent or Eternal Creator, who is in covenant relationship with His people.
3 Yahweh (Jehovah) means the Eternal One, the Immutable One, He Who was, and Who is, and Who is to come (Gen. 21:33; Ex. 3:13-14; 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4; Rev. 1:4).
B Earth described before plants were restored in day three (Gen. 1:9-13; 2:8-14) (Gen. 2:5-6)
a It appears that God created all vegetation in a state of maturity, to sustain life.
i God made the plants of the field before they were in the earth (Gen. 2:5).
ii He made the herbs of the field before they grew in the earth. (Gen. 2:5).
iii This was before the rain began to fall upon earth (Gen 2:5; 1:9-10).
iv This was before Adam was commissioned to till the soil (Gen. 2:5-7; 1:26-28).
b Contrary to popular belief this passage does not teach that there was no rain on earth before Noah's flood.
(Gen. 2:6).
i It refers to the time before plants and man were created. (Gen. 2:6).
ii It is clear from Job 38:4-9,25-30; Ps. 135:7; 147:8; Prov. 8:27-29; Isa. 14:12-14; and Jer. 10:12-13 that it rained on earth throughout Lucifer's reign. (Gen. 2:6).
iii It didn't rain in the six days before Adam was created, before vegetation was in the ground; but afterward there was rain in season during the 1,656 years before Noah, as has been the case ever since the flood. (Gen. 2:6).
c The Hebrew word, 'ed which is translated "mist" in Gen. 2:6 and "vapour" in Job 36:27 carries the idea of a misty water vapor that enveloped the entire planet in a very light foggy atmosphere. (Gen. 2:6).
i God had just finished dividing the waters, causing the earth to have the ability to form clouds as it was before Lucifer's flood, though the rain did not fall on earth until after man was formed and commissioned to care for the garden. (Gen. 2:6).
ii Vapor and fog rose naturally from the earth and condensed into dew as today, this was the foggy atmosphere which enveloped the earth before Adam, (Ps. 135:7; 148:8; Jer. 10:12-13). (Gen. 2:6).
iii This does not mean that God watered the earth this way for 1,656 years between Adam and Noah as some believe; nor does it mean that no one had ever seen it rain until the Ark of Noah was made. (Gen. 2:6).
iv To believe that it had never rained before Noah's flood would nullify the very purpose for which God made the clouds. (Gen. 2:6).
v This verse simply shows how rain is produced -- from vapors ascending to cold air, becoming condensed into water that falls again in the form of rain. (Gen. 2:6).
C Day six: man formed and created (cp. Gen. 1:24-31) (2:7).
a "formed man" According to the Hebrew language, Adam was to molded or squeezed into shape as a potter makes His vessel (Gen. 2:7,19; 2Ki. 19:25; Ps. 94:9; 95:5; Isa. 45:18); the body was formed but the soul and spirit (the inner man) was created (Gen. 1:26-27; 5:1-2).
b "dust of the ground" The same word translated earth in Gen. 26:15, dust in Gen. 2:7, and 3:19, ashes in Num. 19:17, and 2Ki. 23:4, ground Job 14:8, morter in Lev. 14:42,45, powder in 2Ki. 23:6,15) and rubbish in Neh. 4:2,10 - That is Adam's body was formed from every type of earthly material which the ground is made of .
c "breathed" The Hebrew word means God breathed out, puffed into, and inflated, and blew hard into Adam's body (Gen. 2:7; Ezek. 37:9).
d The specifc form of the breathed that God breathed is described in His breathing into Adam, then the length is described as "breath" air which is inhaled and exhaled. (Gen. 2:7; 7:22; Job 33:4; 37:10; Isa. 2:22; 30:33; 42:5).
i There was more force of breath than there was length of breath, but it was enough to do the job.
ii Breath is not the soul or spirit of man, for spirit and breath are distinguished in Job 34:14.
e "breath of life" Now the result of this explosive breath that God breathed into Adam is simply announced; it caused him to come alive and for his body and soul to function together.
D Day six: man's first home (Gen. 2:8-9).
a The garden was located in the east of Eden, which was evidently a large district.
b It is clear from Gen. 10:25 and 1Chr. 1:19 that there was one solid land mass until the time of Peleg, when the earth was divided into continents and islands.
i It is impossible to locate all the rivers or the garden of Eden because of all the changes which have taken place to the earth's geographical features.
ii Even greater changes will take place at the second coming of Christ (Isa. 11:15-16; 34:1 -- Isa. 35:10; Zech. 14:4-10; Rev. 16:10-21), and again when the earth is made new again as we see in Rev. 21:1-2,9-10.
E Water system of Eden (Gen. 2:10-14).
a Two of the rivers had well-known names -- Euphrates and Tigris (called Hiddekel in Gen. 2:14).
b The other two aren't so easily identified -- Gihon went through Ethiopia and may refer to the Nile.
c Pison compassed Arabia; there is no known spot where physical features exactly match the description of the garden, though this is not a reason for doubting scripture because the garden was destroyed and the surface of the earth has changed.
F Antedeluvian age from the re-creation to the flood of Noah (Gen. 2:15 - 8:14).
a Dispensation of Innocence begins (Gen 2:15 - 3:22)
i Name. So called because man was tested and put on probation while in a state of innocence (Gen. 2:8-25; 3:7).
ii The length unknown, but judging from Satan's dealings today, he tried to cause the fall of man immediately. It may have lasted less than a week, for we have no record of God resting after His first sabbath. Man had not yet visited and eaten of the tree of life when the fall came (Gen. 3:22-24). The dispensation ended before man had offspring (Gen. 2:21-25; 4:1).
iii Favorable beginning (Gen. 1:26-30; 2:8-24). Everything was perfect, sinless, and under man's dominion, with just one command to obey (Gen. 2:17).
iv Test -- not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:16-17; 3:6).
v Purpose of God -- to see if man would remain innocent and true to his trust under perfect conditions (Gen. 2:16-17). God wanted to test him before he had offspring, so that if he sinned the entire race could be dealt with through the same means of grace which offers redemption to all who desire it, and promises eternal separation from God for all who fail to seek reconciliation (Rom. 5:12-21).
vi The means of God in accomplishing His purpose. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the temptations of Satan were the means used in testing man to see if he would remain true (Gen. 2:16-17; 3:1-6; Rom. 5:12-21; 1Tim. 2:11-15).
b "in the day that thou eatest thereof," though it did not look like it at the time, Adam died the same day he sinned, so this should also be understood as a 24-hour day; the penalty of eternal death began and took effect immediately (Rom. 5:12-21), though the scriptures clearly state that it took over 900 years for his body to finish dying.
G God's foresight for man (Gen. 2:18).
a "I will make him an help meet" God's work wasn't complete because man couldn't reproduce, and would need help. (Gen. 1:28; 1Tim. 2:11-15; 1Cor. 11:9).
b "help meet" The helper would be need to be suitable intellectually, morally, and physically as his counterpart. (Gen. 2:18 - 22).
c This does away with the idea that woman is a weaker vessel though man is to treat her as though she were weaker. (Gen. 2:18 - 22, 1 Pet. 3:7).
H Animals created (Gen. 1:20, 2:19-20).
c "out of the ground" reminding the reader where the animals came from.
d "to see" This actually shows that God sees, discovers, and gets to know things in human affairs (see Gen. 6:5-6; 11:5; 18:21; 22:12; 29:31; Ex. 3:4; Dt. 32:19; 2Ki. 14:26; 2Chr. 12:7; Isa. 59:15-16; Jonah 3:10).
e "Adam gave names to..." Adam's knowledge must have been extensive and his language fully developed, because God made no change in Adam's work.
I Woman (Eve) created (1 Tim. 2:13) (Gen. 2:21-22).
a "made" The Hebrew word is banah, meaning built, and skillfully formed. Not `asah the ordinary word for "made which was used for forming Adam's body."
b "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" See Eph. 5:28-31.
c Hebrew 'iysh-shah, feminine form of 'iysh, man, literally it means "the wombed-man" or "female-man", because she was taken out of man (1Cor. 11:3-12; 1Tim. 2:9-15).
J Day six: first marriage (Heb. 13:4) (Gen. 2:23-24).
a "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother..." Mt. 19:5; Mk. 10:7; 1Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31.
b leave: Gen, 24:58-59, 31:14-15; Psa. 45:10
c cleave: Lev. 22:12-13; Dt. 4:4, Dt.10:20; Jos. 23:8; Ps. 45:10; Pro. 12:4; 31:10; Act. 11:23
d "one flesh" The Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan translations read, "they two;" as it is in several of the Parallel Passages. Mal. 2:14-16; Mt. 19:3-9; Mk. 10:6-12; Rom. 7:2; 1Co. 6:16-17, 1Co. 7:2-4, 1Co. 7:10; 1Co. 7:11; Eph. 5:28-31; 1Tim. 5:14; 1Pet. 3:1-7
K Man's state in innocence (Gen. 2:25).
a There was no physical need for clothes. (Gen. 2:25).
b "were not ashamed" Where there is no sin, there is no shame. (Gen. 2:25).
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