Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Genesis
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:1 JFB -> Commentary on 1:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:1 TSK -> Commentary on 1:1 TSK -> Entry for 1:1 WEN -> Notes on 1:1 NTB -> Creation; Earth; God; Heaven; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Time TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Heaven; Trinity, The EBD -> Creation; Heaven SBD -> Earth; Heaven TV -> Devotional using 1:1 WJD -> Devotional using 1:1 WJD -> Devotional using 1:1 WJD -> Devotional using 1:1 TV -> Devotional using 1:1 WJD -> Devotional using 1:1 WJD -> Devotional using 1:1 1:1 - [In Context] In the beginning God created F1 the heavens and the earth.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:2 JFB -> Commentary on 1:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:2 TSK -> Commentary on 1:2 TSK -> Entry for 1:2 WEN -> Notes on 1:2 NTB -> Darkness; God; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Power TTT -> Darkness; Earth, The; Power of the Holy Spirit, The; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit; Water EBD -> Creation; Deep; Dove; Earth; Holy Ghost; Wilderness SBD -> Law of Moses; Sea WJD -> Devotional using 1:2 WJD -> Devotional using 1:2 1:2 - [In Context] The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:3 JFB -> Commentary on 1:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:3 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:3 TSK -> Commentary on 1:3 TSK -> Entry for 1:3 WEN -> Notes on 1:3 NTB -> God; Jesus, The Christ; Light TTT -> Creation; Light EBD -> Light WJD -> Devotional using 1:3 WJD -> Devotional using 1:3 1:3 - [In Context] Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:4 JFB -> Commentary on 1:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:4 TSK -> Commentary on 1:4 TSK -> Entry for 1:4 WEN -> Notes on 1:4 NTB -> God; Jesus, The Christ; Light TTT -> Creation; Darkness; Light SPG -> Devotional using 1:4 SPG -> Devotional using 1:4 SPG -> Devotional using 1:4 WJD -> Devotional using 1:4 WJD -> Devotional using 1:4 1:4 - [In Context] And God saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:5 JFB -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:5 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:5 TSK -> Commentary on 1:5 TSK -> Entry for 1:5 WEN -> Notes on 1:5 NTB -> Darkness; Day; God; Jesus, The Christ; Light; Night TTT -> Creation; Darkness; Day; Evening, The; Morning; Night EBD -> Evening SBD -> Day SPG -> Devotional using 1:5 SPG -> Devotional using 1:5 WJD -> Devotional using 1:5 WJD -> Devotional using 1:5 1:5 - [In Context] God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." Together these made up one day.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:6 JFB -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:6 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:6 TSK -> Commentary on 1:6 TSK -> Entry for 1:6 WEN -> Notes on 1:6 NTB -> Earth; Firmament; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ TTT -> Creation; Water EBD -> Heaven WJD -> Devotional using 1:6 WJD -> Devotional using 1:6 WJD -> Devotional using 1:6 WJD -> Devotional using 1:6 1:6 - [In Context] And God said, "Let there be space between the waters, to separate water from water."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:7 JFB -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:7 TSK -> Commentary on 1:7 TSK -> Entry for 1:7 WEN -> Notes on 1:7 NTB -> Earth; Firmament; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ TTT -> Clouds; Creation; Water EBD -> Firmament WJD -> Devotional using 1:7 WJD -> Devotional using 1:7 1:7 - [In Context] And so it was. God made this space to separate the waters above from the waters below.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:8 JFB -> Commentary on 1:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:8 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:8 TSK -> Commentary on 1:8 TSK -> Entry for 1:8 WEN -> Notes on 1:8 NTB -> Day; Firmament; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ TTT -> Creation; Morning SBD -> Eleasah WJD -> Devotional using 1:8 WJD -> Devotional using 1:8 1:8 - [In Context] And God called the space "sky." This happened on the second day.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:9 JFB -> Commentary on 1:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:9 TSK -> Commentary on 1:9 TSK -> Entry for 1:9 WEN -> Notes on 1:9 NTB -> Continents; Geology; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Land; Sea; Water TTT -> Creation; Water WJD -> Devotional using 1:9 WJD -> Devotional using 1:9 1:9 - [In Context] And God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky be gathered into one place so dry ground may appear." And so it was.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:10 JFB -> Commentary on 1:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:10 TSK -> Commentary on 1:10 TSK -> Entry for 1:10 WEN -> Notes on 1:10 NTB -> Continents; Geology; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Sea TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Sea, The; Water EBD -> Earth; Sea, The SBD -> Agriculture; Earth; Sea WJD -> Devotional using 1:10 WJD -> Devotional using 1:10 1:10 - [In Context] God named the dry ground "land" and the water "seas." And God saw that it was good.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:11 JFB -> Commentary on 1:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:11 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:11 TSK -> Commentary on 1:11 TSK -> Entry for 1:11 WEN -> Notes on 1:11 NTB -> Fruits; God; God (continued); Grass; Jesus, The Christ; Propagation; Seed; Vegetation TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Grass; Herbs, &c; Seed; Trees EBD -> Grass; Herb SBD -> Agriculture; Gad WJD -> Devotional using 1:11 1:11 - [In Context] Then God said, "Let the land burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant. And let there be trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. The seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And so it was.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:12 JFB -> Commentary on 1:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:12 TSK -> Commentary on 1:12 TSK -> Entry for 1:12 WEN -> Notes on 1:12 NTB -> Fruits; God; Jesus, The Christ; Propagation; Seed TTT -> Creation; Grass; Herbs, &c; Seed; Trees EBD -> Grass; Herb SBD -> Gad WJD -> Devotional using 1:12 1:12 - [In Context] The land was filled with seed-bearing plants and trees, and their seeds produced plants and trees of like kind. And God saw that it was good.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:13 JFB -> Commentary on 1:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:13 WEN -> Notes on 1:13 NTB -> Day; God; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued) TTT -> Creation SBD -> Gad; Law of Moses WJD -> Devotional using 1:13 1:13 - [In Context] This all happened on the third day.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:14 JFB -> Commentary on 1:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:14 TSK -> Commentary on 1:14 TSK -> Entry for 1:14 WEN -> Notes on 1:14 NTB -> Firmament; God; Jesus, The Christ; Seasons; Sun; Time; Token; Year TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Light; Months; Moon, The; Night; Stars, The; Sun, The; Time; Years EBD -> Astronomy; Firmament; Moon; Sun; Year SBD -> Sun WJD -> Devotional using 1:14 1:14 - [In Context] And God said, "Let bright lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs to mark off the seasons, the days, and the years.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:15 JFB -> Commentary on 1:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:15 WEN -> Notes on 1:15 NTB -> Firmament; God; Sun TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Light; Moon, The EBD -> Astronomy; Moon; Sun SBD -> Abiathar; Bath, Bathing; Covenant; Moab; Sun WJD -> Devotional using 1:15 1:15 - [In Context] Let their light shine down upon the earth." And so it was.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:16 JFB -> Commentary on 1:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:16 TSK -> Commentary on 1:16 TSK -> Entry for 1:16 WEN -> Notes on 1:16 NTB -> Firmament; God; Moon; Night; Stars; Sun TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Light; Moon, The; Night; Stars, The; Sun, The EBD -> Astronomy; Moon; Sun SBD -> Korah; Moab; Sun WJD -> Devotional using 1:16 1:16 - [In Context] For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon, to shine down upon the earth. The greater one, the sun, presides during the day; the lesser one, the moon, presides through the night. He also made the stars.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:17 JFB -> Commentary on 1:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:17 TSK -> Commentary on 1:17 TSK -> Entry for 1:17 WEN -> Notes on 1:17 NTB -> Firmament; God; God (continued); Sun TTT -> Creation; Light; Night; Stars, The; Sun, The EBD -> Astronomy; Sun SBD -> War WJD -> Devotional using 1:17 1:17 - [In Context] God set these lights in the heavens to light the earth,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:18 JFB -> Commentary on 1:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:18 TSK -> Commentary on 1:18 TSK -> Entry for 1:18 WEN -> Notes on 1:18 NTB -> God; God (continued); Night; Sun TTT -> Creation; Night EBD -> Astronomy; Sun 1:18 - [In Context] to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:19 JFB -> Commentary on 1:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:19 WEN -> Notes on 1:19 NTB -> Day; God; God (continued) TTT -> Creation 1:19 - [In Context] This all happened on the fourth day.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:20 JFB -> Commentary on 1:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:20 TSK -> Commentary on 1:20 TSK -> Entry for 1:20 WEN -> Notes on 1:20 NTB -> Birds; Firmament; Fish; God; God (continued) TTT -> Birds; Creation; Fishes; Sea, The; Water SBD -> Zibeon 1:20 - [In Context] And God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:21 JFB -> Commentary on 1:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:21 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:21 TSK -> Commentary on 1:21 TSK -> Entry for 1:21 WEN -> Notes on 1:21 NTB -> Birds; Dragon; Fish; God; God (continued); Propagation; Whale TTT -> Birds; Creation; Fishes; Sea, The; Water EBD -> Dragon; Whale SBD -> Fish 1:21 - [In Context] So God created great sea creatures and every sort of fish and every kind of bird. And God saw that it was good.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:22 JFB -> Commentary on 1:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:22 TSK -> Commentary on 1:22 TSK -> Entry for 1:22 WEN -> Notes on 1:22 NTB -> Benedictions; Birds; Fish; God; Propagation TTT -> Creation; Sea, The EBD -> Bless 1:22 - [In Context] Then God blessed them, saying, "Let the fish multiply and fill the oceans. Let the birds increase and fill the earth."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:23 JFB -> Commentary on 1:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:23 WEN -> Notes on 1:23 NTB -> Birds; Day; God; Propagation TTT -> Creation 1:23 - [In Context] This all happened on the fifth day.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:24 JFB -> Commentary on 1:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:24 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:24 TSK -> Commentary on 1:24 TSK -> Entry for 1:24 WEN -> Notes on 1:24 NTB -> Animals; Birds; God; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Propagation TTT -> Beasts; Creation; Insects; Reptiles SBD -> Abia, Course of; Abiathar; Cassia; Fan; Jashub; Zibeon 1:24 - [In Context] And God said, "Let the earth bring forth every kind of animal – livestock, small animals, and wildlife." And so it was.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:25 JFB -> Commentary on 1:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:25 TSK -> Commentary on 1:25 TSK -> Entry for 1:25 WEN -> Notes on 1:25 NTB -> Birds; God; God (continued); Propagation TTT -> Beasts; Insects; Reptiles SBD -> Moab 1:25 - [In Context] God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to reproduce more of its own kind. And God saw that it was good.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:26 JFB -> Commentary on 1:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:26 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:26 TSK -> Commentary on 1:26 TSK -> Entry for 1:26 WEN -> Notes on 1:26 NTB -> Adam; Birds; Creeping Things; Eve; God; Image; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Man; Trinity TTT -> Beasts; Birds; Earth, The; Fishes; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Man; Reptiles EBD -> Adam; Creation; Man SBD -> Jashub TV -> Devotional using 1:26 TV -> Devotional using 1:26 1:26 - [In Context] Then God said, "Let us make people F2 in our image, to be like ourselves. They will be masters over all life – the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the livestock, wild animals, F3 and small animals."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:27 JFB -> Commentary on 1:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:27 TSK -> Commentary on 1:27 TSK -> Entry for 1:27 WEN -> Notes on 1:27 NTB -> Adam; Birds; Eve; Fruits; God; Image; Man; Quotations And Allusions; Women TTT -> Holy Spirit, The, is God; Man; Woman EBD -> Adam; Man TV -> Devotional using 1:27 TV -> Devotional using 1:27 1:27 - [In Context] So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; male and female he created them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:28 JFB -> Commentary on 1:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:28 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:28 TSK -> Commentary on 1:28 TSK -> Entry for 1:28 WEN -> Notes on 1:28 NTB -> Adam; Benedictions; Birds; Eve; Fruits; God; Man; Propagation TTT -> Beasts; Creation; Fishes; Herbs, &c; Man; Marriage EBD -> Man SBD -> Fish 1:28 - [In Context] God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:29 JFB -> Commentary on 1:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:29 TSK -> Commentary on 1:29 TSK -> Entry for 1:29 WEN -> Notes on 1:29 NTB -> Adam; Birds; Food; Fruits; God (continued); Herbs; Seed; Vegetation TTT -> Fruits; Herbs, &c; Man; Sacrifices; Trees EBD -> Food; Herb SBD -> Abiathar; Zibeon 1:29 - [In Context] And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:30 JFB -> Commentary on 1:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:30 TSK -> Commentary on 1:30 TSK -> Entry for 1:30 WEN -> Notes on 1:30 NTB -> Adam; Animals; Birds; Food; God (continued); Herbs; Vegetation TTT -> Beasts; Birds; Trees EBD -> Herb SBD -> Cassia; Fan; Gad 1:30 - [In Context] And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:31 JFB -> Commentary on 1:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:31 TSK -> Commentary on 1:31 TSK -> Entry for 1:31 WEN -> Notes on 1:31 NTB -> Day; God TTT -> Creation; Man 1:31 - [In Context] Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way. This all happened on the sixth day.
FOOTNOTES: F1: Or In the beginning when God created, or When God began to create. F2: Hebrew man; also in 1:27. F3: As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads all the earth.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.