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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.