Chapter 2

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Thus Gen 2:4, Gen 1:1, Gen 1:10; Exod 20:11, Exod 31:17; 2Kgs 19:15; 2Chr 2:12; Neh 9:6; Job 12:9; Ps 89:11-13, Ps 104:2, Ps 136:5-8, Ps 146:6; Isa 42:5, Isa 45:18, Isa 48:13, Isa 55:9; Isa 65:17; Jer 10:12, Jer 10:16; Zech 12:1; Acts 4:24; Heb 4:3

host Deut 4:19, Deut 17:3; 2Kgs 21:3-5; Ps 33:6, Ps 33:9; Isa 34:4, Isa 40:26-28, Isa 45:12; Jer 8:2; Luke 2:13; Acts 7:42


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And on Gen 1:31; Exod 20:11, Exod 23:12, Exod 31:17; Deut 5:14; Isa 58:13; John 5:17; Heb 4:4

seventh day God The LXX, Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as ε H2053, which stands for six, might easily be changed into ζ, which denotes seven.

rested Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.


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blessed Exod 16:22-30, Exod 20:8-11, Exod 23:12, Exod 31:13-17, Exod 34:21, Exod 35:2-3; Lev 23:3, Lev 25:2-3; Deut 5:12-14; Neh 9:14, Neh 13:15-22; Prov 10:22; Isa 56:2-7, Isa 58:13-14; Jer 17:21-27; Ezek 20:12; Mark 2:27; Luke 23:56; Heb 4:4-10

created and made Heb. created to make


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the generations Gen 1:4, Gen 5:1, Gen 10:1, Gen 11:10, Gen 25:12, Gen 25:19, Gen 36:1, Gen 36:9; Exod 6:16; Job 38:28; Ps 90:1-2

Lord Exod 15:3; 1Kgs 18:39; 2Chr 20:6; Ps 18:31, Ps 86:10; Isa 44:6; Rev 1:4, Rev 1:8; Rev 11:17, Rev 16:5


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plant Gen 1:12; Ps 104:14

had not Job 5:10, Job 38:26-28; Ps 65:9-11, Ps 135:7; Jer 14:22; Matt 5:45; Heb 6:7

to till Gen 3:23, Gen 4:2, Gen 4:12


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there went up a mist or, a mist which went up, Gen 2:6


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formed man Ps 100:3, Ps 139:14-15; Isa 64:8

of the dust Heb. the dust of, etc

dust Gen 3:19, Gen 3:23; Job 4:19, Job 33:6; Ps 103:14; Eccl 3:7, Eccl 3:20, Eccl 12:7; Isa 64:8; Rom 9:20; 1Cor 15:47; 2Cor 4:7, 2Cor 5:1

and breathed Job 27:3, Job 33:4; John 20:22; Acts 17:25

nostrils Gen 7:22; Eccl 3:21; Isa 2:22

a living Num 16:22, Num 27:16; Prov 20:27; Zech 12:1; 1Cor 15:45; Heb 12:9


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a garden Gen 13:10; Ezek 28:13, Ezek 31:8-9; Joel 2:3

eastward Gen 3:24, Gen 4:16; 2Kgs 19:12; Ezek 27:23, Ezek 31:16, Ezek 31:18

put the Gen 2:15


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every Ezek 31:8-9, Ezek 31:16, Ezek 31:18

tree of life Gen 3:22; Prov 3:18, Prov 11:30; Ezek 47:12; John 6:48; Rev 2:7, Rev 22:2, Rev 22:14

tree of knowledge Gen 2:17, Gen 3:3, Gen 3:22; Deut 6:25; Isa 44:25, Isa 47:10; 1Cor 8:1


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a river Ps 46:4; Rev 22:1

Eden Eden denotes pleasure or delight; but was certainly the name of a place, and was, most probably, situated in Armenia, near the sources of the great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Phasis, and Araxes.


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Havilah Gen 10:7, Gen 10:29, Gen 25:18; 1Sam 15:7


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Bdellium is a transparent aromatic gum. The onyx is a precious stone, so called from a Greek word signifying a man's nail, to the colour of which it nearly approaches.

Num 11:7

onyx Exod 28:20, Exod 39:13; Job 28:16; Ezek 28:13


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Gihon The Araxes, which runs into the Caspian sea.

Ethiopia Heb. Cush, The country of the ancient Cussaei. Gen 10:6; Isa 11:11


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Hiddekel Dan 10:4, The Tigris

toward the east of or, eastward to, Gen 10:11, Gen 10:22, Gen 25:18

Euphrates Gen 15:18; Deut 1:7, Deut 11:24; Rev 9:14


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the man or, Adam, Gen 2:2; Job 31:33

put Gen 2:8; Ps 128:2; Eph 4:28


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God 1Sam 15:22

thou mayest freely eat Heb. eating thou shalt eat, Gen 2:9, Gen 3:1-2; 1Tim 4:4, 1Tim 6:17


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of the tree Gen 2:9, Gen 3:1-3, Gen 3:11, Gen 3:17, Gen 3:19

surely Gen 3:3-4, Gen 3:19, Gen 20:7; Num 26:65; Deut 27:26; 1Sam 14:39, 1Sam 14:44, 1Sam 20:31, 1Sam 22:16; 1Kgs 2:37, 1Kgs 2:42; Jer 26:8; Ezek 3:18-20, Ezek 18:4, Ezek 18:13, Ezek 18:32, Ezek 33:8, Ezek 33:14; Rom 1:32; Rom 5:12-21, Rom 6:16, Rom 6:23, Rom 7:10-13, Rom 8:2; 1Cor 15:22, 1Cor 15:56; Gal 3:10; Eph 2:1-6; Eph 5:14; Col 2:13; 1Tim 5:6; Jas 1:15; 1John 5:16; Rev 2:11, Rev 20:6, Rev 20:14; Rev 21:8

thou shalt surely die Heb. dying thou shalt die


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good Gen 1:31, Gen 3:12; Ruth 3:1; Prov 18:22; Eccl 4:9-12; 1Cor 7:36

I will Gen 3:12; 1Cor 11:7-12; 1Tim 2:11-13; 1Pet 3:7

meet for him Heb. as before him


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And out Gen 1:20-25

brought Gen 2:22-23, Gen 1:26, Gen 1:28, Gen 6:20, Gen 9:2; Ps 8:4-8

Adam or, the man, Gen 2:15


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gave names to Heb. called

but Gen 2:18


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Gen 15:12; 1Sam 26:12; Job 4:13, Job 33:15; Prov 19:15; Dan 8:18


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made Heb. builded, Ps 127:1; 1Tim 2:13

brought Gen 2:19; Prov 18:22, Prov 19:14; Heb 13:4


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bone Gen 29:14; Judg 9:2; 2Sam 5:1, 2Sam 19:13; Eph 5:30

flesh Gen 2:24

Woman Heb. Isha, 1Cor 11:8-9

taken 1Cor 11:8

Man Heb. Ish


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leave Gen 24:58-59, Gen 31:14-15; Ps 45:10

cleave Lev 22:12-13; Deut 4:4, Deut 10:20; Josh 23:8; Ps 45:10; Prov 12:4, Prov 31:10; Acts 11:23

and they shall be one flesh The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages. Mal 2:14-16; Matt 19:3-9; Mark 10:6-12; Rom 7:2; 1Cor 6:16-17, 1Cor 7:2-4, 1Cor 7:10; 1Cor 7:11; Eph 5:28-31; 1Tim 5:14; 1Pet 3:1-7


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naked Gen 3:7, Gen 3:10-11

ashamed Exod 32:25; Ps 25:3, Ps 31:17; Isa 44:9, Isa 47:3, Isa 54:4; Jer 6:15, Jer 17:13; Ezek 16:61; Joel 2:26; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; Rom 10:11