Verse 27. - So (or and) God created (bars, as in vers. 1, 21, q.v.) man (literally; the Adam referred to in ver. 26) in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. The threefold repetition of the term "created" should be observed ...
Genesis 1:27 Meaning and Commentary Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image Which consisted both in the form of his body, and the erect stature of it, different from all other creatures; in agreement with the idea of that body, prepared in covenant for the Son of God, and ...
1- The "our likeness" and "our image" meaning: From www.answering-christianity.com/spirit1_r1_rebuttal.htm: 1- "...after OUR likeness..." Who is this human being that is like GOD? Adam, the first creation of Mankind and the one in Genesis 1:26-27 certainly isn't. The likeness...
Its root-meaning is strength, power; and the form Elohim is not to be regarded as a pluralis majestatis, but as embodying the effort of early human thought in feeling after the Deity, and in arriving at the conclusion that the Deity was One. Thus, in the name Elohim it included in ...
Esau gives the name “Jacob” a negative connotation here, the meaning “to trip up; to supplant.” Genesis 27:38 tn Heb“Bless me, me also, my father.” The words “my father” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons. Genesis 27:38 tn Heb“and Esau lifted ...
Genesis 1:1 tn The English verb “create” captures well the meaning of the Hebrew term in this context. The verb בָּרָא (baraʾ) always describes the divine activity of fashioning something new, fresh, and perfect. The verb does not necessarily describe creation out of no...
I cannot but think that lap-pe-thakh khat-tath' ro-vetz' (sin will be the lier at the door) is a sin offering, meaning it is quite ready - "lying at the door" I suspect to have come from this. We have the doctrine of the eldest, as before of the woman - dependent - ...
The meaning of the word "covereth" refers to a cherub, and gives the idea of protection, I suppose. There is power and beauty in the creature. These precious stones are here in creation, as again in grace in the priesthood, and yet again in glory in the new Jerusalem. All this ...
Let's look at a few passages so that you may see this yourself: 1. First, in Deuteronomy 6 you have the theme of man's weakness. Moses says: "When your son asks you in time to come, 'What is the meaning of the tes- timonies and the statutes and the ordi- nances which the ...
Joseph could have buried his gift in the ground and kept the meaning of the dreams to himself. He could have thought, “I’m not going to going to help these two numbskulls. Nobody appreciates me around here, anyway. Potiphar wouldn’t listen to me. His wife set me up. These Egyptian...