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The Power of God's Blessing
Commentators explain that when God “blessed” the creatures, it was not a mere wish. God's spoken blessing is an active, powerful command that infused them with the ongoing ability to be fruitful and multiply. As John Calvin notes, this word was infused into their very nature, where it has taken root and continues to bear fruit.
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Genesis
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 1:20–23
18th Century
Theologian
שׁרץ shārats — “crawl, teem, swarm, abound.” An intransitive verb, however, it admits an objective noun of its own or a …
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 1:1–31
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 1:20–23
19th Century
Preacher
There was no life in the sea or on the land until all was ready for it. God would not make a creature to be unhappy. There must be suitable food to…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:22
16th Century
Theologian
And God blessed them. He soon declares what the power of this blessing is. For God does not, like humans, pray for us to be blessed; rathe…
John Gill
On Genesis 1:22
17th Century
Pastor
And God blessed them
With a power to procreate their kind, and continue their species, as it is interpreted in the n…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 1:20–25
17th Century
Minister
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…