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The Beginning And The Generation Of All The

Creatures

1In the beginning God created the heaven and the

earth. (First of all, and before that any creature was,

God made heaven and earth of nothing) 2And the

earth was without form and void, (As a rude lump

and without any creature in it) and darkness was

upon the deep (or the waters), and the Spirit of God

(He maintained this confused heap by his "secret

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power") moved upon the waters (Hebrew, face of

the deep). 3Then God said, Let there be light And

there was light. (The light was made before either

Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not

attribute that to the creatures that are God’s

instruments, which only appertain to God):

*Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that

the world was ordained by the word of God, so that

the things which we see, are not made of things

which did appear. 4And God saw the light that it

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was good, and God separated the light from the

darkness. (Hebrew, between the light, and between

the darkness) 5And God called the Light, Day, and

the darkness he called Night. So the evening and

the morning were the FIRST day. (Hebrew, so was

the evening, so was the morning) 6Again God said,

Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,

and let it separate the waters from the waters. (Or,

spreading over, and air. heaven be gathered into

one place, and nurture for man and beast covered

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all that is above us) *Psalm 33:6 By the word of the

Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of

them by the breath of his mouth. 7Then God made

the firmament, and separated the waters, which

were under the firmament, from the waters which

were above the firmament and it was so. (As the sea

and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds,

which are upheld by God’s power, so they won't

overwhelm the world): *Psalms 148:4 Praise ye him

heavens of heavens, and waters, that be above the

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heavens. 8And God called the firmament, Heaven

(The firmament). So the evening and the morning

were the second day. 9God said again, Let the

waters under the heaven be gathered into one place,

and let the dry land appear: and it was so. *Psalms

33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as

upon an heap, and layeth up the depths in his

treasures. *Psalms 89:11 The heavens are thine, the

earth also is thine: thou hast laid the foundation of

the world, and all that therein is. *Job 38:4 Where

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wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

declare, if thou hast understanding. 10And God

called the dry land, Earth, and he called the

gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God

saw that it was good. 11Then God said, Let the

earth bud forth the bud of the herb, that seedeth

seed, the fruitful tree, which beareth fruit

according to his kind, which hath his seed in itself

upon the earth: and it was so. (So that we see it is

the only power of God’s word that makes the earth

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fruitful, which else naturally is barren) 12And the

earth brought forth the bud of the herb, that

seedeth seed according to his kind, also the tree that

beareth fruit, which hath his seed in itself according

to his kind: and God saw that it was good. (This

sentence is so often repeated, to signify that God

made all his creatures to serve to his glory, and for

the profit of man: but for sin they were accursed,

yet to the elect, by Christ they are restored, and

serve to their wealth) 13So the evening and the

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morning were the THIRD day. 14And God said,

Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven

(By the lights he means the Sun, the Moon, and the

Stars), to separate the day from the night (Which is

the artifcial day, from the Sun rising, to the going

down), and let them be for signs, and for seasons,

and for days, and years (Of things appertaining to

natural and political orders and seasons) *Psalm.

136:7 Which made great lights: for his mercy

endureth forever: *Deuteronmy 4:19 And lest thou

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lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest

the sun and the moon and the stars with all the host

of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them and

serve them, which the Lord thy God hath

distributed to all people under the whole heaven.

15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the

heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16God then made two great lights (To wit, the Sun

and the Moon, and here he speaks, as man judges

by his eye: for else the Moon is less than the planet

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Saturn): the greater light to rule the day, and the

lesser light to rule the night: he made also the stars.

(To give it suffcient light, as instruments appointed

for the same, to serve to man’s use) 17And God set

them in the firmament of the heaven, to shine upon

the earth (As the sea and rivers, from those waters

that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God’s

power, lest they should overwhelm the world)

18And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to

separate the light from the darkness: and God saw

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that it was good. *Jerermy 31:35 Thus saith the

Lord, which giveth the sun for a light to the day,

and the courses of the moon and of the stars for a

light to the night, which breaketh the sea, when the

waves thereof roar: his Name is the Lord of hosts)

19So the evening and the morning were the

FOURTH day. 20Afterward God said, Let the

waters bring forth in abundance every creeping

thing (As fish and worms which slide, swim, or

creep) that hath life (Hebrew, the soul of life): and

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let the fowl fly upon the earth in the open

firmament (Hebrew, face of the firmament) of the

heaven. 21Then God created the great whales, and

everything living and moving, which the waters

brought forth in abundance according to their kind,

and every feathered fowl according to his kind (The

fish and fowls had both one beginning, wherein we

see that nature gives place to God’s will, forasmuch

as the one sort is made to fly about in the air, and

the other to swim beneath in the water): and God

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saw that it was good. 22Then God blessed them,

saying, Bring forth fruit and multiply, and fill the

waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the

earth. (That is, by the virtue of his word he gave

power to his creatures to engender) 23So the

evening and the morning were the FIFTH day.

24Moreover God said, Let the earth bring forth the

living thing (Hebrew, soul of life) according to his

kind, cattle, and that which creepeth, and the beast

of the earth according to his kind, and it was so.

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25And God made the beast of the earth according

to his kind, and the cattle according to his kind, and

every creeping thing of the earth according to his

kind: and God saw that it was good.

26Furthermore God said, (God commanded the

water and the earth to bring forth other creatures:

but of man he said, Let US make: signifying, that

God takes counsel with his wisdom and virtue,

purposing to make an excellent work above all the

rest of his creation) Let US make man IN OUR

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IMAGE according to OUR LIKENESS (This image

and likeness of God in man is expounded) and let

them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl

of the heaven, and over the beasts, and over all the

earth, and over everything that creepeth and

moveth on the earth. *Ephesians 4:24 And put on

the new man, which after God is created (AFTER

THE IMAGE OF GOD) unto righteousness (The

effect and end of the new creation), and true

holiness. (Not tained nor counterfeit), *Genesis 5:1

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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the

day that God created Adam, in the likeness of God

made he him. *Genesis 9:6 Who so sheddeth man’s

blood, by man shall his blood be shed: forin the

IMAGE OF GOD hath he made man. *2

Corinthians 11:7 Have I committed an offence,

because I abased myself, that ye might be exalted,

and because I preached to you the Gospel of God

freely? *1 Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new,

which is renewed in knowledge after the IMAGE

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OF HIM that created him. 27Thus God created the

man IMAGE OF HIM: in the IMAGE OF GOD

created he him: he created them MALE AND

FEMALE *Matthew 19:4 And he answered and

said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which

made them at the beginning, made them MALE

AND FEMALE. 28And God blessed them (The

propagation of man is the blessing of God) *Psalms

128:1 Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, and

walketh in his ways. *2When thou eatest the labors

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of thine hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be

well with thee. *3Thy wife shall be as the fruitful

vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children

like the olive plants round about thy table. *4Lo,

surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth

the Lord. *5The Lord out of Zion shall bless thee,

and thou shalt see the wealth of Jerusalem all the

days of thy life. *6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s

children, and peace upon Israel), AND GOD SAID

TO THEM, *Genesis 8:17 Bring forth with thee

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every beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both fowl

and cattle, and everything that creepeth and

moveth upon the earth, that they may breed

abundantly in the earth, and bring forth fruit and

increase upon the earth. *Genesis 9:1 And God

blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Bring

forth fruit, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Bring forth fruit, and multiply, and fill the earth,

and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and

over the fowl of the heaven, and over every beast

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that moveth upon the earth. 29And God said,

Behold, I have given unto you (God’s great

liberality to man, takes away all excuses of his

ingratitude) every herb bearing seed, which is upon

all the earth, and every tree, wherein is the fruit of

a tree bearing seed: that shall be to you for meat

*Genesis 9:3 Everything that moveth and liveth,

shall be meat for you: as the green herb, have I

given you all things. 30Likewise to every beast of

the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to

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everything that moveth upon the earth, which hath

life in itself, every green herb shall be for meat, and

it was so. 31And God saw all that he had made, and

lo, it was very good. So the evening and the

morning were the SIXTH day.