Monday, January 2, 2012

Genesis 1-2

Genesis 
-------- light
1.3  The God said, 'Let there be...
1.4  God divided...
1.5  the evening and the morning were the first day...
--------  waters above and below
1.6  Then God said, "Let there be...
1.7  God made and divided
1.8   the evening and the morning were the second day...
---------  land and plants
1.9  Then God said, "Let the waters ... be gathered...
1.10  And God saw that it was good...
1.11  Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth...
1.12  And God saw that it was good...
1.13    the evening and the morning were the third day...
---------  sun, moon and stars
1.12  Then God said, "Let there be...
1.18  And God saw that it was good...
1.19  the evening and the morning were the fourth day...
---------  "fliers and swimmers"
1.20  And God said,  "Let the waters abound...
1.21  And God saw that is was good...
1.22  And God blessed them...
1.23   the morning and the evening were the fifth day...
--------  land animals and man
1.26  And God said, "Let the earth bring forth...
1.25  And God saw that is was good...
1.26  And God said, "Let us make man in Our own image... 
                                      let them have dominion...
1.28  Then God blessed them...
1.29  And God said, "See I have given...
1.31  it was very good...
1.31  the evening and the morning were the sixth day...
--------  rested
2.2  the seventh day...
2.3  The God blessed and sanctified...

2.5  and God had not caused it to rain...
2.11 Pishon...
pi'-shon pi'-son (pishon; the King James Version):
A river of EDEN (which see), said to compass the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, bdellium and onyx stone (Genesis 2:11), most probably identified with the Karun River which comes down from the mountains of Media and formerly emptied into the Persian Gulf.  --International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
2.13  Gihon...
gi'-hon (gichon; Geon):
One of the four rivers of Eden (Genesis 2:13). It is said to compass the Whole land of Cush (Ethiopia), probably a province East of the Tigris. The Gihon is thought by Sayce to be the Kerkha, coming down from Luristan through the province known in the cuneiform texts as Kassi, probably the Cush of the Bible.   --International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
2.14 Hiddekel...
hid'-e-kel (chiddeqel):
One of the rivers of EDEN (which see) (Genesis 2:14, the Revised Version margin "that is, Tigris"; so Septuagint Tigris), said to flow East to Assyria, usually identified with the Tigris, which rises in Armenia near Lake Van and, after flowing Southeast through 8 degrees of latitude, joins the Euphrates in Babylonia to form the Shatt el-'Arab, which runs for 100 miles through a delta which has been formed since the time of Abraham, and now enters the Persian Gulf through 2 branches. About one-third of the distance below its source, and soon after it emerges from the mountains of Kurdistan, the Tigris passes by Mosul, the site of ancient Nineveh, and, lower down at Bagdad, approaches within a few miles of the Euphrates. Here and for many miles below, since the level is lower than that of the Euphrates, numerous canals are conducted to it, irrigating the most fertile portions of Babylonia.  --George Frederick Wright in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
2.14  Euphrates...
I am not real sure why these rivers are mentioned and wonder if the flood might have completely washed the original rivers, Genesis was written by Moses after the flood, so ... ?
2.15  to tend and keep it...
2.17  you shall not eat...

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