That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.
Historical and theological verse study from Book of Genesis, Chapter 2.
Apply the spiritual lesson of Genesis 2:1 through prayerful reflection and faithful obedience.
“Gracious Father, write the truth of Genesis 2:1 upon my heart by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen.”
“So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.”
“Igitur perfecti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornatus eorum.”
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”
“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.”
“The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.”
“And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”
That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.
That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.
That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.
We have here, I. The settlement of the kingdom of nature, in God's resting from the work of creation, v. 1, 2. Here observe, 1. The creatures made both in heaven and earth are the hosts or armies of them, which denotes them to be numerous, but marshalled, disciplined, and under command. How great is the sum of them! And yet every one knows and keeps his place. God uses them as his hosts for the defence of his people and the destruction of his enemies; for he is the Lord of hosts, of all these hosts, Dan 4 35. 2. The heavens and the earth are finished pieces, and so are all the creatures in them. So perfect is God's work that nothing can be added to it nor taken from it, Eccl 3 14. God that began to build showed himself well able to finish. 3. After the end of the first six days God ceased from all works of creation. He has so ended his work as that though, in his providence, he worketh hitherto (John 5 17), preserving and governing all the creatures, and particularly forming the spirit of man within him, yet he does not make any new species of creatures. In miracles, he has controlled and overruled nature, but never changed its settled course, nor repealed nor added to any of its establishments. 4. The eternal God, though infinitely happy in the enjoyment of himself, yet took a satisfaction in the work of his own hands. He did not rest, as one weary, but as one well-pleased with the instances of his own goodness and the manifestations of his own glory.
The sabbath insituted and blessed, Gen 2:2-3. A rehearsal of the creation; and, (1.) Of vegetables, Gen 2:4-5. The earth watered, Gen 2:6. (2.) Of man, Gen 2:7. His habitation, Gen 2:8-9. Trees for his delight and food; as also the tree of life and knowledge, Gen 2:9. Its pleasant situation and riches, Gen 2:10-14. Man’s employment, Gen 2:15. Every tree given him but that of knowledge, Gen 2:16. This denied on pain of death, Gen 2:17. A purpose to create the woman, and the reason thereof, Gen 2:18. Beasts and fowls named by Adam, Gen 2:19-20. The woman made of Adam’s rib, presented to him, Gen 2:21-22, and owned by him, Gen 2:23. Marriage ordained, Gen 2:24. Their state whilst innocent, Gen 2:25.
Furniture, ornaments or militia, whether we understand the Angels, or the stars, which observe a regular order and obey God. (Menochius)
“In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.”
“And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.”
“These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:”