Geneva Bible Notes: Genesis 1

Genesis 1:1 (!) God created the heauen & the earth.

Genesis 1:1 (a) First of all, & before that anie creature was, God made heauen and earth of nothing.

Genesis 1:2 (d) He mainteined this confuse heape by his secret power.

Genesis 1:2 (b) As a rude lumpe, & without anie creature in it: for the waters couered all.

Genesis 1:2 (c) Darkenes couered the depe waters: for as yet the light was not created.

Genesis 1:3 (!) The light & the darkenes.

Genesis 1:3 (e) The light was made before ether sunne or moone was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are Gods instruments, which onely apperteineth to God.

Genesis 1:5 (/) The 1 day.

Genesis 1:6 (/) Or, spreading ouer, and ayre.

Genesis 1:7 (f) As the sea & riuers, from those waters that are in the cloudes, which are vpholden by Gods power, lest they shulde ouerwhelme the worlde.

Genesis 1:8 (/) The 2 day.

Genesis 1:8 (!) The firmament.

Genesis 1:8 (g) That is, the region of the ayre, and all that is aboue vs.

Genesis 1:9 (!) He separateth the water from the earth.

Genesis 1:11 (h) So that we se it is the onely power of Gods worde that maketh the earth fruiteful, which els naturally is barren.

Genesis 1:12 (i) This sentence is so oft repeated to signifie that God made all his creatures to serue to his glorie, & to the profit of man: but for sinne thei were acursed, yet to the elect by Christ they are restored & serue to their welth.

Genesis 1:13 (/) The 3 day.

Genesis 1:14 (k) By the lightes, he meaneth the sunne, the moone and the starres.

Genesis 1:14 (l) Which is the artificial day, from the sunne rising to the going downe.

Genesis 1:14 (m) Of things apperteining to natural and political ordres and seasons.

Genesis 1:16 (n) To wit, the sunne and the moone: & here he speaketh as man judgeth by his eye: for els the moone is lesse then the planete Saturnns.

Genesis 1:16 (o) To giue it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to serve to mans vse.

Genesis 1:16 (!) He createth the sunne, the moone & the starres.

Genesis 1:19 (/) The 4 day.

Genesis 1:20 (/) Ebr. the soule of life.

Genesis 1:20 (p) As fish and wormes, which slide swimme or crepe.

Genesis 1:20 (/) Ebr. face of the firmament.

Genesis 1:21 (!) He createth the fish, birdes, beastes.

Genesis 1:21 (q) The fish & foules had bothe one beginning, wherein we se that nature giueth place to Gods wil, forasmuche as one sorte is made to flie aboue in the ayre, & the other to swimme beneth in the water.

Genesis 1:22 (r) That is, by the vertue of his worde, he gaue power to his creatures to ingendre.

Genesis 1:23 (/) The 5 day.

Genesis 1:24 (/) Ebr. soule of life.

Genesis 1:26 (s) God commanded the water and the earth, to bring forthe other creatures: but of man he saith, Let vs make: signifying that God taketh counsel with his wisdome & vertue, purposing to make an excellent worke aboue all the rest of his creacion.

Genesis 1:26 (t) This image and licknes of God in man is expounded {Ephes. 4,24}: where it is written that man was created after God in righteousnes & true holines, meaning by these two wordes all perfection, as wisdome, trueth, innocencie, power, &c.

Genesis 1:26 (!) He createth man and giueth him rule ouer all creatures.

Genesis 1:28 (u) The propagacion of man is the blessing of God, {Psal. 128}.

Genesis 1:29 (x) Gods great liberalitie to man taketh away all excuse of his ingratitude.

Genesis 1:29 (!) And prouideth nourriture for man and beast.

Genesis 1:31 (/) The 6 day.