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God's Direct Handiwork
Commentators emphasize that the text says "God made" the animals. This highlights that creation was not a product of mere natural forces or latent powers within the earth, but the direct, omnipotent act of God. Every creature was intentionally formed by its Creator.
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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 Gill
On Genesis 1:25
17th Century
Pastor
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind
The wild beasts, and the several sorts of them; beginning the acc…
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…