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Life from the Lifeless
Scholars stress that when God commanded the earth to "bring forth" living creatures, it wasn't the earth acting on its own. John Calvin calls it a profound miracle for life to come from a "dead element." The power was not in the soil but in the word of God, demonstrating His absolute authority over creation and distinguishing the biblical account from pagan myths of spontaneous generation.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 1:24–31
18th Century
Theologian
24. בהמה behēmâh — “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”
רמשׂ remeś — “creeping (small or low) animals…
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 1:24–25
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:24
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Genesis 1:24
17th Century
Pastor
And God said, let the earth bring forth the living
creature after his kind
All sorts …
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…