When our earth has played its part in the economy of the universe, and is seen by the few spheres which are within its ken to pass away as a wandering fire, right and wrong will not have lost their primeval significance, and the souls which have yearned and laboured for rest in the home of spirits will find that rest in Him who was and is to be. This is done deliberately to bring out the sombre note lying behind the reference, for the writer knows what is to come. Here we have ‘made to grow’ instead of ‘planted’, confirming what we have said above. & Sanhedrin, fol. Some take it to be the fig tree, as Jarchi, and some in Aben Ezra on Genesis 3:6 because fig leaves were at hand, and immediately made use of on eating the fruit of it; some the vine, and particularly the black grape, as in the book of Zohar (d); others, as Baal Hatturim on Genesis 1:29 the pome citron, or citron apple tree (e); others, the common apple, as the author of the old Nizzechon (f), and which is the vulgar notion; evil and an apple being called by the same Latin word "malum": in the Talmud (g), some say it was the vine, some the fig tree, and others wheat (h): the Mahometans say it was a tree, called by the Africans by the name of Musa (i). Genesis 2:18 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Genesis 2:18, NIV: "The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone.I will make a helper suitable for him.'" God told Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. He not only put them there but made them grow. Tikkune Zohar correct. This feeling seems like a reminiscence of the joy of our first parents when they found themselves in a happy garden, surrounded by trees, the beauty of which is even more commended than the fact placed second, that they supplied wholesome and nutritious food. In Matthew 19:4-5, Jesus referred to events in Genesis 1 and to events in Genesis … All of the machinery for immortality is in man's body already. But it probably agreed with no species of trees with which we are acquainted, nor was there perhaps any of the same kind in paradise. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food,.... That is, out of the ground of the garden of Eden; and this was done on the third day, when the whole earth brought forth grass, herbs, and trees: but a peculiar spot of ground was fixed on for man, and stocked with trees of all sorts for his use, not only to bear fruit, which would be suitable and agreeable food for him, but others also, which would yield him delight to look at; such as the tall cedars for their loftiness, spreading branches and green leaves, with many others; so that not only there were trees to gratify the senses of tasting and smelling, but that of sight; and such a sightly goodly tree to look at was the tree of knowledge, Genesis 3:6. Amplified® Darby K.J.V. ‘The tree of knowledge of good and evil.’ Here, so early in the sacred books, is revealed the fact of the two opposing forces of right and wrong. Any other tree to which God attached a prohibition would have served the purpose as well. (3) ‘As long as the prohibition was undoubted, and the fatal results certain, the fascinations of the forbidden thing were not felt. So that both man’s mind and body were gratified and enriched. fol. Topical Studies for Genesis 2:9: Evil {Forerunner Commentary} Evil {Nave's Topical Bible} Food {Forerunner Commentary} Food {Nave's Topical Bible} Garden {Nave's Topical Bible} God {Forerunner Commentary} God {Nave's Topical Bible} God {Torrey's Topical Textbook} Ground {Nave's Topical Bible} Knowledge {Forerunner Commentary} Knowledge {Nave's Topical Bible} Life {Forerunner Commentary} … Scripture quoted by permission. 1. No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 2:9. Vitringa, in his dissertation Deuteronomy arbore prudentiae in Paradiso, ejusque mysterio, strongly contends for this interpretation. We do not know who wrote the Book of Genesis. The trees not only provide sustenance, but they are also pleasant to look at. tree of life. 70. And the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Erat ei in caeteris lignis Alimentum, in isto autem Sacrcramentum, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. This is one question atheistic evolution has never explained. 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. We are not to demand, we are not to expect, any further revelation. To man, who by the use of it would know, to his cost, how great and good things he did enjoy, and might have kept by his obedience, and how evil and bitter the fruits of his disobedience were to himself and all his posterity. Genesis 2:8 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Genesis 2:8, NIV: "Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed." The other, “the tree of knowledge of good and evil,” must have acquired this name after the fall. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 1. Therefore, from such benignant indulgence, it is more than sufficiently evident, how inexplicable had been the cupidity of man. We simply do not know. Tikkune Zohar correct. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Despite this obvious truth, very wild and irresponsible assertions are often made with reference to those "miraculous" trees in Eden. That there was indeed such a tree appears from the appearance of it in the legends and mythology of many lands, all of which may be viewed as perverted and distorted reflections of a genuine reality in the beginning. 1. In the midst of the garden, or, within the garden, as Tyrus said to be in the midst of the seas, Ezekiel 28:2, though it was but just within it. Again we note that the concern is not with the creation of vegetation, but specifically with God’s provision for man. 8 ¶ And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 5. tree of the knowledge of good and evil — so called because it was a test of obedience by which our first parents were to be tried, whether they would be good or bad, obey God or break His commands. 3. To which the deceitful serpent falsely attributed the power of imparting a superior kind of knowledge beyond that which God was pleased to give. But the condition on which such an object may be accomplished is this. The tree of life is nowhere forbidden to our first parents.’, (2) ‘There was nothing magical about the fruit. The eating of the fruit would be a specific, open and deliberate act of defiance. Its prominent position where it must have been an object of daily observation and interest, was admirably fitted to keep man habitually in mind of God and futurity. For we know it to be by no means unusual that God should give to us the attestation of his grace by external symbols. What this tree was is not certain; there are various conjectures about it, and nothing else can be come at concerning it. And it is certain that to know good and evil, in different parts of Scripture, means such knowledge and discretion as leads a man to understand what is fit and unfit, what is not proper to be done and what should be performed. See Patrick, Scott, etc. Every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. Make its reality and importance felt in the soul of man, and you have at once whereon to build. עפר is the accusative of the material employed (Ewald and Gesenius). Just as in the case of forbidden actions throughout the ages, it is the imagination and evil desire for forbidden things which endow what is forbidden with qualities that do not belong to forbidden things at all.". Indeed, we may say that Adam already possessed immortality throughout the whole period prior to his disobedience to God's Word. The eating of its fruit would not have increased this moral faculty, but the prohibition was intended to exercise the faculty he already possessed. No such description is of any value. Why is the world on the whole so beautiful? (g) T. Bab. 2. Yet by the use of these trees of life - those different vegetable medicines, the health of the body may be preserved for a time, and death kept at a distance. Then and then alone can the distinction be fully clear. Genesis 2:8, ESV: "And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed." 12. fol. The tree of knowledge of good and evil.] (122) He gave the tree of life its name, not because it could confer on man that life with which he had been previously endued, but in order that it might be a symbol and memorial of the life which he had received from God. Both trees were intended as a blessing. (See more on this under Genesis 2:17). Wherefore, by this sign, Adam was admonished, that he could claim nothing for himself as if it were his own, in order that he might depend wholly upon the Son of God, and might not seek life anywhere but in him. Some very eminent men have contended that the passage should be understood allegorically! 2. Abraham’s story begins with his call, when his name was Abram. The Bible records were given to us to take away the veil which hung between heaven and earth, between man and God. God plants the garden in Eden, and places the newly-created man there. Ed. Providence brought him to the field where his uncle's flocks were to be watered. Concerning the tree of knowledge of good and evil, we must hold, that it was prohibited to man, not because God would have him to stray like a sheep, without judgment and without choice; but that he might not seek to be wiser than became him, nor by trusting to his own understanding, cast off the yoke of God, and constitute himself an arbiter and judge of good and evil. See more on Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:7. 59. 70. Biblical Commentary Genesis 22:1-2, 9-18 COMMENTARY: GENESIS 12-21: THE CONTEXT. Words in boxes are from the Bible. See more on Genesis 3:6; (note). ‘The tree of knowledge of good and evil.’. There is more importance in the epithets, which were applied to each tree from its effect, and that not by the will of man but of God. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Every tree that is pleasant to the sight, etc. tree of life — so called from its symbolic character as a sign and seal of immortal life. He intended, therefore, that man, as often as he tasted the fruit of that tree, should remember whence he received his life, in order that he might acknowledge that he lives not by his own power, but by the kindness of God alone; and that life is not (as they commonly speak) an intrinsic good, but proceeds from God. "The prohibition laid on Adam was for the time being the summary of divine law. Thus in the ‘centre’ of the garden is the tree which is the source of everlasting life and the tree which is a reminder of God’s sovereignty, a kind of sacred grove where man can commune with God and be reminded of His goodness. But it was set also as a symbol of the divine knowledge to which man should not aspire, but to which he should submit his own judgment and knowledge. — Paradise Found, p. 263. 147. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The trees are specially chosen for their usefulness to man. What this tree was is not certain; there are various conjectures about it, and nothing else can be come at concerning it. The tree of life - חיים chaiyim ; of lives, or life-giving tree, every medicinal tree, herb, and plant, whose healing virtues are of great consequence to man in his present state, when through sin diseases of various kinds have seized on the human frame, and have commenced that process of dissolution which is to reduce the body to its primitive dust. Hence "the bread of life", John 6:48, John 6:51, John 6:53. knowledge = sense or perception (Genesis 12:12. Commentary on Genesis 2:16,17 (Read Genesis 2:16,17) Let us never set up our own will against the holy will of God. i. Roshhashanah, c. 1. sect. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament "Then Jehovah God formed man from dust of the ground." Exploring the first book of the Bible as "theological literature," Waltke illuminates its meanings and methods for the pastor, scholar, teacher, student, and Bible-lover. Read Genesis 2 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). Beracot, fol. & 60. 9. Patrick says, — “This garden being a type of heaven, perhaps God intended by this tree to represent that immortal life which he meant to bestow upon man with himself, (Revelation 22:2). Genesis 2:9 (King James Version) A.F.V A.S.V. The tree of life also — So called, it seems, not only because it was intended to be a sign to Adam, assuring him of the continuance of life and happiness, on condition of his persevering in obedience; but also because God had given to the fruit of it a singular virtue for the support of nature, the prolongation of life, and the prevention of all diseases, infirmities, and decays through age, as appears, Genesis 3:22. So in Bereshit Rabba, sect. Caphtor Uperah, fol. There is certainly nothing unreasonable in this explanation, and viewed in this light the passage loses much of its obscurity. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Either opinion is probable, but the point is by no means worthy of contention; since it is of little or no concern to us, which of the two is maintained. Besides this each tree had a symbolic meaning, and especially the tree of life (Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:2). Modern Bible students have many other ideas. 12. fol. fol. fol. Some say it was the fig-tree, others an apple-tree, Canticle of Canticles viii. Wagenseil. Ed. Weaken the awe-inspiring sense of God’s command, and of the ruin that follows the breach of it, and the heart of man is like a city without walls, into which any enemy can march unhindered. Bible > Bible Commentary; John Calvin’s Bible Commentary; Genesis; Genesis 2; John Calvin’s Bible Commentary << Genesis 1 | Genesis 2 | Genesis 3 >> (Read all of Genesis 2) Verse 1. This is not scientifically impossible, although we may regret that it is no longer obtainable. The mention in this verse that "every" tree was in Eden makes this certain. 1. A river watering the garden flowed... Read verse in New International Version 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. And probably the use of this tree was intended as the means of preserving the body of man in a state of continual vital energy, and an antidote against death. Genesis 2:4–9 begins to describe additional details about the creation of human beings, starting with the creation of the first man. 2. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground-trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. & 60. tree of the knowledge of good and evil—so called because it was a test of obedience by which our first parents were to be tried, whether they would be good or bad, obey God or break His commands. This is Adam’s experience of creation, which does not contradict the account of Genesis 1:1-2:7 – it fills it out. The plain of Eden is now put in a more specific historical setting, to bring out both its fruitfulness and its riches. So in Bereshit Rabba, sect. (Sirach 19:19)and it might be also a sign, token, and symbol to him of his dependence on God; that he received his life from him; and that this was preserved by his blessing and providence, and not by his own power and skill; and that this would be continued, provided he transgressed not the divine law: and it seems to have a further respect, even to eternal life; by Christ; for though it might not be a symbol of that life to Adam in his state of innocence, yet it became so after his fall: hence Christ is sometimes signified by the tree of life, Proverbs 3:18 who is not only the author of natural and spiritual life, but the giver of eternal life; the promise of it is in him, and the blessing itself; he has made way for it by his obedience, sufferings, and death, and is the way unto it; it is in his gift, and he bestows it on all his people, and it will lie greatly in the enjoyment of him. Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. About the Book of Genesis. 1. III. 53. In the midst of the garden — As if it were to be the most conspicuous object there, and a constant prophecy to man that he was made for immortality.
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