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The 'Very' Good Creation
Commentators emphasize the shift from declaring things 'good' on previous days to 'very good' after humanity's creation. This signifies that mankind was the capstone of God's work. John Calvin notes the Hebrew word 'meod' (very) indicates a state of ultimate perfection and symmetry, to which nothing could be added.
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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 1:31
19th Century
Preacher
Taken in its completeness, and with all its parts assembled, God saw that it was very good. We must never judge anything before it is comp…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:31
16th Century
Theologian
And God saw everything. Once more, at the conclusion of the creation, Moses declares that God approved of everything that he had made. In …
John Gill
On Genesis 1:31
17th Century
Pastor
And God saw everything that he had made
Either all that he had made on the several six days of the creation, he took…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 1:31
17th Century
Minister
When we come to think about our works, we find, to our shame, that much has been very bad; but when God saw his work, all was very good. Good, for …