The First Book of Moses: Genesis
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- Chapter 2 -
(Exodus 16:22–30; Hebrews 4:1–11)
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Man and Woman in the Garden
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(a)2:2
He rested, etc: That is, he ceased to make or create any new kinds of things. Though, as our Lord tells us, John. 5:17, “He still works”, viz., by conserving and governing all things, and creating souls.(Challoner)
(b)2:3 The Latin is phrased in such a way as to suggest that God did the work of creation to accomplish or to arrive at the seventh day.(Conte)
(c)2:5 In other words, this was the time before agriculture, when the trees and plants were wild and not yet cultivated. The saplings grew in fallow fields, like brushwood, and the edible plants ‘herbam’ were merely those found in the wild in that region, before planting and cultivated growing.(Conte)
(d)2:7 Clay is used in the Book of Daniel to symbolize human nature.(Conte)
(e)2:9
The tree of life: So called because it had that quality, that by eating of the fruit of it, man would have been preserved in a constant state of health, vigour, and strength, and would not have died at all.(Challoner)
(f)2:9
The tree of knowledge: To which the deceitful serpent falsely attributed the power of imparting a superior kind of knowledge, beyond that which God was pleased to give.(Challoner)
(g)2:21 The word ‘soporem’ refers to an unnatural sleep, often in the context of a drug (a soporific preparation) or even a trauma to the head. But in this case, the unnatural sleep is a supernatural sleep, sent by God.(Conte)
(Exodus 16:22–30; Hebrews 4:1–11)
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3
Man and Woman in the Garden
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13
14
15
16
17
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21
22
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Footnotes
(a)2:4 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.
(b)2:12 or, aromatic resin
(c)2:18 or, suitable for, or appropriate for.