And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

24. בהמה behēmâh — “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”

רמשׂ remeś — “creeping (small or low) animals…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.

Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

There is as much wisdom and care displayed in the creation of the tiniest creeping insect as in the creation of leviathan himself.

Those who…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Let the earth bring forth. He moves to the sixth day, on which the animals were created, and then man. Let the earth, He says,

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And God said, let the earth bring forth the living
creature after his kind
All sorts …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and a…

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