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 The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
 
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Denomination: dispensationalism
 
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**the heavens and the earth** = "which are now" ([2 Peter 3:7](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/7) ), see Structure on p. 1. Hence without Hebrew Particle *'eth* . See note on [Genesis 1:1](../../../kjv/genesis/1/1) and [Deuteronomy 4:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/26) .

**seventh.** Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "sixth", which is evidently correct.
**day.** See on ch. [Genesis 1:5](../../../kjv/genesis/1/5) .
**God ended.** See on [Genesis 1:1](../../../kjv/genesis/1/1) and App-5 .
**made.** See note on [Genesis 1:7](../../../kjv/genesis/1/7) .
**rested.** From achievement; man rests from fatigue.

**created.** See note on [Genesis 1:1](../../../kjv/genesis/1/1) . The Introduction ([Genesis 1:1](../../../kjv/genesis/1/1) - [Genesis 2:3](../../../kjv/genesis/2/3) ) is the summary: [Genesis 2:4-25](../../../kjv/genesis/2/4-25) gives the details of [Genesis 1](../../../kjv/genesis/1) : [Genesis 2:9-14](../../../kjv/genesis/2/9-14) coming historically between verses: [Genesis 1:12](../../../kjv/genesis/1/12) and [Genesis 1:13](../../../kjv/genesis/1/13) .

**generations** = Family history. For the 14 in Bible, see the structure of the Book as a whole (p. 1). These are the Divine divisions, in which there is no trace of the Elohistic and Jehovistic theories. It should be seen here if anywhere. But note: there is only one in which *Elohim* is used (No. 1); only one to which *Jehovah* is peculiar (No. 10): five have both titles (Nos 3, 4, 7, 9, 12). Four have neither title (Nos 6, 8, 10, 11). All the speakers use "Jehovah" except the Nachash, Abimelech (to Abram, not to Isaac), sons of Heth, Pharaoh (of Joseph), Joseph's brethren, Joseph himself.
**in the day** = when. See on [Genesis 2:17](../../../kjv/genesis/2/17) and App-18 . Compare [Genesis 1:5](../../../kjv/genesis/1/5) ; [Genesis 3:17](../../../kjv/genesis/3/17) .
**LORD God** = First occurance. See App-4 , and note above.

**every plant, &c.** This is an expansion of [Genesis 1:11](../../../kjv/genesis/1/11) , [Genesis 1:12](../../../kjv/genesis/1/12) , giving details.
**for.** Three reasons why plants in ground "before they grew": (1) no rain; (2) no man; (3)no mist: see [Genesis 2:6](../../../kjv/genesis/2/6) .

**But** = and.
**mist** = no mist . . . to water. The last of two or three negatives not necessary. Must be supplied by Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 . a), as in [Deuteronomy 33:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/6) . [1 Samuel 2:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/3) .[Psalms 9:18](../../../kjv/psalms/9/18) ; [Psalms 38:1](../../../kjv/psalms/38/1) ; [Psalms 75:5](../../../kjv/psalms/75/5) .[Proverbs 24:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/12) ; [Proverbs 25:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/27) . [Isaiah 38:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/18) , &c.

**formed.** As a potter. [Isaiah 64:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/64/8) .
**man.** Hebrew. *'eth- 'Ha'adham* (with art. and particle = "this same man Adam". See App-14 ).
**breath.** Hebrew. *neshamah.* See App-16 . of. Genitive of Apposition ( App-17 ) = "breath [that is] life".
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* See "life", [Genesis 1:20](../../../kjv/genesis/1/20) , and App-13 . Compare [Genesis 7:22](../../../kjv/genesis/7/22) .

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**garden.** This garden may be additional to [Genesis 1:11](../../../kjv/genesis/1/11) , [Genesis 1:12](../../../kjv/genesis/1/12) ; [Genesis 2:4](../../../kjv/genesis/2/4) , [Genesis 2:5](../../../kjv/genesis/2/5) -. That creation concerns the "plants of *the field"* (1st occ). This may have been a special planting, and lost when the garden and Eden were lost. Note the three gardens: (1) Eden, death *in* sin; (2) Gethsemane, death *for* sin; (3) Sepulchre, death *to* sin.
**eastward in Eden** = "in Eden, eastward".
**Eden.** In the cuneiform texts = the plain of Babylonia, known in the Accado-Sumerian as *edin =* "the fertile plain", called by its inhabitants *Edinu.* In Hebrew. *eden,* Septuagint *paradise.* Occurs [Genesis 2:8](../../../kjv/genesis/2/8) , [Genesis 2:10](../../../kjv/genesis/2/10) , [Genesis 2:15](../../../kjv/genesis/2/15) ; [Genesis 3:23](../../../kjv/genesis/3/23) , [Genesis 3:24](../../../kjv/genesis/3/24) ; [Genesis 4:16](../../../kjv/genesis/4/16) . [Isaiah 51:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/3) .[Ezekiel 28:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/28/13) ; [Ezekiel 31:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/31/9) , [Ezekiel 31:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/31/16) , [Ezekiel 31:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/31/18) , [Ezekiel 31:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/31/18) ; [Ezekiel 36:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/35) .[Joel 2:3](../../../kjv/joel/2/3) .

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**tree of life.** Genitive of cause ( App-17 ) = the Tree supporting and continuing the life which had been imparted. Compare [Genesis 3:22](../../../kjv/genesis/3/22) . Hence "the bread of life", [John 6:48](../../../kjv/john/6/48) , [John 6:51](../../../kjv/john/6/51) , [John 6:53](../../../kjv/john/6/53) .
**midst.** Compare [Revelation 2:7](../../../kjv/revelation/2/7) .
**knowledge** = sense or perception ([Genesis 12:12](../../../kjv/genesis/12/12) .[Song of Solomon 6:11](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/6/11) .[Isaiah 59:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/8); [Isaiah 59:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/8) ).
**good and evil.** See on [Genesis 2:17](../../../kjv/genesis/2/17) .

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**river** = the Persian Gulf, known as such to the Accadians, in which the river became four mouths (or heads) at spots where they flowed into the source which received and fed them.

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**Pison** = the river W. of the Euphrates, called *Pallukat* in reign of Nabonidos, last king of Babylonia, or the Pallakopas Canal.
**compasseth.** The Pallukat or Pison encircled the N. borders of the great sandy desert which stretched westward to the mountain chains of Midian and Sinai.
**Havilah** = the region of Sand. Indicated in [Genesis 25:18](../../../kjv/genesis/25/18) . [1 Samuel 15:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/7) . Shur would be the E. end of Havilah, the W, of this region. Connected with Ophir in [Genesis 10:29](../../../kjv/genesis/10/29) .

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**onyx.** Hebrew. *shoham,* identified with Assyr. *samtu,* from that region.

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**Gihon** = the river E. of the Tigris. The modern *Kerkhah,* and ancient *Khoaspes,* rising in the mountains of the *Kassi. Kas* has been confused with the Heb, *Cush.* It is not the African Cush or Ethiopia, but the Accadian *kas.*

**verses 8-14** Figure of speech *Parecbasis.* App-6 .
**Hiddekel** = Accadian for the Tigris, which was *Idiqla,* or *Idiqlat =* "the encircling".
**Assyria.** Hebrew. *Hashshur* ( *Asshur* ). This is not Assyria, but the city of *Assur,* the primitive capital of Assyria (which lay E. and W, of the Tigris).
**Euphrates.** Hebrew. *phenath.* The Greek Euphrates comes from the old Persian *Ufrate,* and this from *Purat* or *Pur* a *t* u = the river. Sometimes *Puranun =* the great river.

**the man.** Hebrew. *'eth* - *ha'adham* = this same man Adam. See App-14 .
**keep** = keep safe, preserve. Same Hebrew as [Genesis 3:24](../../../kjv/genesis/3/24) ; [Genesis 17:9](../../../kjv/genesis/17/9) , [Genesis 17:10](../../../kjv/genesis/17/10) ; [Genesis 18:19](../../../kjv/genesis/18/19) , &c.

**the man.** Hebrew. *ha'adham* (with art.) = the man Adam. See App-14 .
**freely.** Hebrew "Eating thou mayest eat". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ) for emphasis (see note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) ). Here rightly marked by "freely". Toned down by Eve in [Genesis 3:2](../../../kjv/genesis/3/2) .

**tree.** Note the three trees: "Knowledge" ([Genesis 2:9](../../../kjv/genesis/2/9) ), man's Ruin; "the Cross" ([Acts 10:39](../../../kjv/acts/10/39) ; [Acts 5:30](../../../kjv/acts/5/30) . [1 Peter 2:24](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/24) ), man's Redemption; "the Tree of Life" ([Genesis 2:9](../../../kjv/genesis/2/9) . [Revelation 2:7](../../../kjv/revelation/2/7) ; [Revelation 22:2](../../../kjv/revelation/22/2) ), man's Regeneration.
**good and evil.** See on "knowledge", [Genesis 2:9](../../../kjv/genesis/2/9) . Obedience proving what was "good" ([Deuteronomy 6:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/24) ), disobedience revealing what was "evil" ([Romans 3:20](../../../kjv/romans/3/20) ).
**in the day** = when. See App-18 . Compare [Genesis 2:4](../../../kjv/genesis/2/4) . [1 Kings 2:37](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/37) . [Ezekiel 36:33](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/33) , &c.
**thou shalt surely die.** Hebrew "dying thou shalt die". Figure of speech *Polyptoton,* for emph. Compare [Genesis 20:7](../../../kjv/genesis/20/7) ; [Genesis 26:11](../../../kjv/genesis/26/11) .[Exodus 19:12](../../../kjv/exodus/19/12) ; [Exodus 21:12](../../../kjv/exodus/21/12) , [Exodus 21:15](../../../kjv/exodus/21/15) , [Exodus 21:16](../../../kjv/exodus/21/16) , [Exodus 21:17](../../../kjv/exodus/21/17) ; [Exodus 31:14](../../../kjv/exodus/31/14) , [Exodus 31:15](../../../kjv/exodus/31/15) .[Leviticus 20:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/2) , [Leviticus 9:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/9/10) , [Leviticus 9:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/9/11) , [Leviticus 9:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/9/12) , [Leviticus 9:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/9/13) , [Leviticus 9:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/9/15) , [Leviticus 9:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/9/16) , Lev 9:27 ; [Leviticus 24:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/16) , [Leviticus 24:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/17) ; [Leviticus 27:29](../../../kjv/leviticus/27/29) . [Numbers 15:35](../../../kjv/numbers/15/35) ; [Numbers 26:65](../../../kjv/numbers/26/65) ; [Numbers 35:16](../../../kjv/numbers/35/16) , [Numbers 35:17](../../../kjv/numbers/35/17) , [Numbers 35:18](../../../kjv/numbers/35/18) , [Numbers 35:21](../../../kjv/numbers/35/21) , [Numbers 35:31](../../../kjv/numbers/35/31) .[Judges 13:22](../../../kjv/judges/13/22) ; [Judges 15:13](../../../kjv/judges/15/13) ; [Judges 21:5](../../../kjv/judges/21/5) . 1Sa 14:39 , [1 Samuel 14:44](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/44) ; [1 Samuel 22:16](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/16) . [2 Samuel 12:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/14) . 1Ki 2:37 , [1 Kings 2:42](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/42) ; 2Ki 1:4 , [2 Kings 1:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/6) , 2Ki 1:16 ; [2 Kings 8:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/10) . [Jeremiah 26:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/8) , [Jeremiah 26:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/19) ; [Jeremiah 38:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/15) .[Ezekiel 3:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/18) ; [Ezekiel 18:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/13) ; [Ezekiel 33:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/8) , [Ezekiel 33:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/14) . See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) for the emphasis of this Figure exhibited in other ways; and compare esp. note on [Numbers 26:65](../../../kjv/numbers/26/65) . Here marked by the word "surely", as in [Genesis 2:16](../../../kjv/genesis/2/16) by the word "freely". This certainty changed by Eve in [Genesis 3:3](../../../kjv/genesis/3/3) into a contingency.

**meet** = as his counterpart.

**ground:** giving the details of [Genesis 1:24](../../../kjv/genesis/1/24) .
**creature** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* See [Genesis 1:20](../../../kjv/genesis/1/20) and App-13 .

**woman.** Heb *'ishah,* fem, of *'ish* ( App-14 ) = female.

**Man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**Therefore, &c,** quoted [Matthew 19:5](../../../kjv/matthew/19/5) , &c. [1 Corinthians 6:16](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/6/16) . [Ephesians 5:31](../../../kjv/ephesians/5/31) .

**naked.** Hebrew. *'arum,* a Homonym. The same spelling as word rendered "subtil" in [Genesis 3:1](../../../kjv/genesis/3/1) .

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