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God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
24. בהמה behēmâh — “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”
רמשׂ remeś — “creeping (small or low) animals…
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
And God saw everything. Once more, at the conclusion of the creation, Moses declares that God approved of everything that he had made. In …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God saw everything that he had made Either all that he had made on the several six days of the creation, he took…
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 …
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