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Easy to
understand commentary on the book of Genesis By John L. Chopores Introduction to
the Bible: Let me say a few words, about the Bible. The Bible is
about the Love that God has for humankind. In the Of course, the Bible talks about many other things, but the main theme is Love! OLD TESTAMENT The Book of Genesis Introduction to the Book of Genesis: Genesis is the book of beginnings. Gen. 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. All
of our life here started, from the love and caring of God! We should start each
day in prayer, talking to and loving Him! The
word for God here, has as part of its meaning,
“Strong” and “Mighty”. The God who made all things, can more then take care of
His people! Cf. Nehemiah 9:6
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the
heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are
therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest
them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Psalms
124:8 Our help
is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Philippians
Gen. 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was
good. 18 And to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God
saw that it was good. 21 And God created
great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 25 And God made the
beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing
that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God
saw that it was good. 31 ¶ And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day. In
verses 18, 21, and 25, it says, “it was good ”, but in
verse 31 it says “it was very good”.
Why is that? Probably because while each of God’s works, are “good” in itself,
all of God’s works taken together, are very
good! All
good things come from the Lord God. Cf James For
God is good Himself, and He wants to give good things to His children. Cf.
Psalms 73:1 ¶ <<A Psalm of Asaph.>> Truly God is good to Matthew
7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in
heaven give good things to them that ask him? Then
why don’t more Christians receive more “good” things from God? Well for some it
is because they don’t ask! Cf. Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. John Then
for others, they ask for the wrong reason.
Cf. James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may
consume it upon your lusts. Let
us note, that even God’s reasons for answering our
requests, is good. That we may have full
joy! Cf. John 16:24. Please
also note that we are to ask in the name of Jesus! Cf. John 16:24. Gen.1: 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. We
like the “grass” are to have our “seed” in us. In a sense, the “seed” is the
Word, Life, faith, and
Spirit, that Christ has given us. Cf. Psalms 126:6 He that goeth
forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Luke Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as
a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine
tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it
should obey you. Romans 4:16
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the
promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law,
but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, Galatians 1 Peter 1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he
cannot sin, because he is born of God. Not
only are we to let the “seed” of Faith grow in us, but we are to help plant it
in others! Cf. It
is God Himself, who provides the seed for us. Cf. 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he that ministereth
seed to the sower both minister bread for your food,
and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Gen. 1: 16 And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made
the stars also. In life, there is always a “greater” and a “lesser”, a thing that needs to be done, and things that we would like to do, sometime. Let us be careful to not let “likes” get in the way, of “needs”. Gen. 1: 18 And
to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good. We must “divide” between the good and bad. Even more so, between the good and the better. Yet once more…between the better and the best! Gen. 1: 20 ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the
earth in the open firmament of heaven. “God said” that is all it takes, to get things done right.
God gives the will and power to do. Cf. Philippians Gen. 1:21 And God created great whales, and
every living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his
kind: and God saw that it was good. Not just some, but “every”! Gen.1: 22 And
God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the
seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. God likes to bless, and does it often! Cf. Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Hebrews
Gen. 1: 24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living
creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth
after his kind: and it was so. Some people act like God does nothing but stop people and things from doing anything! Not so, here we see God letting. Please
note that each “creature” is after its “kind”. God is a God of order, He did not just throw things together! Cf. 1 Corinthians 6 ¶ And God said,
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Of all of God’s works, only humankind is made in His image. God saved the best and highest of His creation, for last! Please notice that the image is in both male and female. Gen. 2:1 ¶ Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his
work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made. Rest is a good thing! God rested so should we. For rest too, is a work of God! Gen. 2: 3 And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his work which God created and made. The seventh day, is a day of both blessing and rest! Since God blessed rest, we all should have a day of rest. Gen. 2: 5 And every plant of the field
before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the
LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man
to till the ground. We see that God so set-up the earth, that it needs Humankind! Some good news, we are (all of us) needed! God made rest, but He still wanted us to have worthwhile things to do. Some rest and some work. Gen. 2: 7 And
the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. God breathed His own breath (wind) into man, and he came alive! Our very life is from God. The fall of
mankind Gen. 3: 1 ¶ Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had
made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of the garden? When Satan looked for an instrument to use against
mankind, he found the serpent. The serpent was “subtil”,
the Hebrew word (Arum) has the meaning of “cunning”, “crafty”*, or “subtil” depending on the context. What we learn here, is
that let us be careful of our own craftiness, or Satan may use it for his
devices! Remember that pride goes before a fall. Cf. Proverbs
Also, Eve seems to be caught by surprise. Another reason to watch and pray! Cf. Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Mark [*See DICTIONARY OF OLD TESTAMENT WORDS FOR ENGLISH READERS By AARON PICK]. We will see that because of the pride of mankind, even a lowly serpent, can help bring about the downfall of mankind. We
do not read of Satan talking to mankind, before this. Satan only talks to
people, to use and harm them! Cf. John Satan
is always playing “mind games” on mankind. Cf. 2 Corinthians The fact that the woman did not think it odd, that the serpent talked and walked is of interest. There are at lest five possible reasons for this. 1. The serpent did these things
all of the time. 2. Everything was so new, that
nothing surprised her! 3. She had never met the
serpent before. 4. Her mind was on something
else. 5. She let Adam,
do all or most of the thinking. Thinking that if something were off base, Adam
would tell her. Gen. 3: 2 And
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden: At first, Eve is up front about the kindness of God. However, it does not take Satan long, to start to work on Eve. Gen. 3: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye
touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman,
Ye shall not surely die: Who asked for Satan’s view of the situation? He gave it anyway, those who want to force their will often do! Satan here makes promises, which he cannot keep! Life and death, are in the hand of God! Cf. Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live Luke 12: 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Gen.3: 6 ¶ And
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit
thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons. Satan is always trying to use the wife against the husband, and the husband against the wife. Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded
he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Let us be, up front about this, God can give the Land to who He Will, and He gave it to the Israelis. Who has the right to the land? Gen. 15: 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt
unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites,
and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. God always stands behind His Word. Cf. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it. God gives good gifts. Cf. James 1: 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Even
if we do not know all the reasons, why gave it to them, we must accept it,
because His way are greater than ours. Cf. Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts. And
we should not even talk again His doing this!
Cf. Psalms 39:1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.>>
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. And it is our joy to accept His ways. As we do this, it is to our good. Cf. 1 Kings 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. As for where this land is- The “ And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Girgashites, and the Jebusites are ten nations occupying the
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