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THE FIRST BOOK of MOSÉS, Called ^Genesis the Argument Moses In THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSÉS, Called ^Genesis The Argument Moses in effect declareth the things, which are here chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things therein were created by God, and that man being placed in this great tabernacle of the world to behold God’s wonderful works, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, wherewith he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience: who yet for his own mercie’s sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God’s most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assureth us by the example of Abrahám, Izhák, Jaakób and the rest of the Patriarkes, that his mercies never fail them, whom he chuseth to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he ever assisteth them, sendeth comfort, and delivereth them. And because the beginning, increase, preservation and success thereof might be only attributed to God, Mosés sheweth by the examples of Káin, Ishmaél, Esaú and others, which were noble in man’s judgement, that this Church dependeth not on the estimation and nobility of the world: and also by the fewness of them, which have at all times worshiped him purely according to his word, that it standeth not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock: and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the Name of God ever more praised. Chapter 1 that sedeth seed, the fruitful tree, which beareth fruit according to his kind, which may have his seed in it self upon the earth, and 1 God created the heaven and the earth, 3 The light and the it was so. 2 darkness, 8 The firmament. 9 He separateth the water from the 12 And the earth brought forth the bud of the herb, that sedeth earth 16 He createth the sun, the moon, and the stars. 21 He seed according to his kind, also the tree that yieldth fruit, which createth the fish, birds, beasts. 26 He createth man and giveth hath his seed in it self according to his kind: and God isaw that him rule over all creatures, 29 And provideth nourriture for man it was good. and beast. 13 || So the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 ¶ And God said, *Let there be klights in the firmament of the n the abeginning *God created the heaven and the earth. 2 heaven, to lseparate the day from the night, and let them be for And the earth was bwithout form and void, and cdarkness I msigns, and for seasons, and for days and years. was upon the deep, & the Spirit of God dmoved upon the waters. 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to 3 Then God said, *Let there be light: and there was elight. 1 give light upon the earth, and it was so. 4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated the 16 God then made two ngreat lights: the greater light oto rule the light from the darkness. day, and the less light to rule the night: he made also the stars. 5 And God called the light, Day, and the darkness, he called 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to shine Night. || So the evening and the morning were the first day. upon the earth, 6 ¶ Again God said, *Let there be a ^firmament in the middes of 18 And to *rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters. light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 7 Then God made the firmament, and parted the waters, which 19 || So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. were funder the firmament, from the waters which were *above 20 Afterward God said, Let the waters bring forth in abundance the firmament, and it was so. every pcreeping thing that hath ^life: and let the fowl fly upon the 8 And God called the firmament, gHeaven. ||So the evening and earth in the ^open firmament of the heaven. the morning were the second day. 21 Then God created the great whales, and every thing living 9 ¶ God said again, *Let the waters under the heaven be gather- and moving, which the qwaters brought forth in abundance, ed into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. according to their kind, and every feathered fowl according to his 10 And God called the dry land, Earth, & he called the gathering kind: and God saw that it was good. together of the waters, Seas: and God saw that it was good. 22 Then God rblessed them, saying, Bring forth fruit and multiply, 11 Then God said, hLet the earth bud forth the bud of the herb, and fill the waters in the seas and let fowl multiply in the earth. ^This word signifies the beginning and generation of the creatures. 12 i This sentence is so oft repeated, to signify that God made all his 1 a First of all, and before that any creature was, God made heaven and creatures to serve to his glory, and to the profit of man: but for sin they earth of nothing. were accursed, yet to the elect, by Christ they are restored and serve to 1 *Ps. 33.6 and 136.5, Eccle 18.1, Act. 14.15 and 17.24. their wealth. 2 b As a rude lump, and without any creature in it: for the waters covered 13 || The 3rd day. all. 14 *Ps. 136.7, Deut. 4.19. 2 c Darkness covered the deep waters: for as yet the light was not 14 k By the lights he means the sun, the moon and the stars. created. 14 l Which is the artificial day, from the sun rising to the going down. 2 d He maintained this confused heap by his secret power. 14 m Of things appertaining to natural and political orders and seasons. 3 *Ebr. 11.3. 16 n To wit, the sun and the moon: and here he speaks as man judges 3 e The light was made before either sun or moon was created: therefore by his eye: for else the moon is less then the planet Saturn. we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God’s instruments, 16 o To give it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to which only appertains to God. st serve to man’s use. 5 || The 1 day. 18 *Jere. 31.35. 6 *Ps. 33.6 and 136.5, Jere. 10.12 and 51.15. 19 || The 4th day. 6 ^Or, spreading over, and air. 20 p As fish and worms which slide, swim or creep. 7 f As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which 20 ^Ebr., the soul of life. are upheld by God’s power, lest they should overwhelm the world. 20 ^Ebr., face of the firmament. 7 *Ps. 148.4 and 5. 21 q The fish and fowls had both one beginning, wherein we see that 8 g That is, the region of the air, and all that is above us. nd nature gives place to God’s will, forasmuch as the one sort is made to 8 || The 2 day. fly above in the air, and the other to swim beneath in the water. 9 *Ps. 33.7 and 89.11. 22 r That is, by the virtue of his word he gave power to his creatures to 11 h So that we see it is the only power of God’s word that makes the engender. earth fruitful, which else naturally is barren. Geneva Bible 1560 Genesis Page 2 23 || So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 5 And every ^plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and 24 ¶ Moreover God said, Let the earth bring forth the ^living thing every herb of the field, before it grew: for the Lord God had not according to his kind, cattle, and that which crepeth, and the caused it to drain upon the earth, neither was there a man to till beast of the earth, according to his kind, and it was so. 3 the ground, 4 25 And God made the beast of the earth according to his kind, 6 But a mist went up from the earth, and watered all the earth. and the cattle according to his kind, and every creeping thing of 7 ¶ The Lord God also made the man eof the dust of the ground, the earth according to his kind: and God saw that it was good. & breathed in his face breath of life, & the man was a living soul. 26 Furthermore God said, *sLet us make man in our timage ac- 8 And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in fEden, and cording to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, there he put the man whom he had made. and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the beasts, & over all 9 (For out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree the earth, & over every thing that crepeth & moveth on the earth.
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