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THE

HOLYBIBLE

Scofield Reference Bible(1917)

IntroductionScofield Reference Notes (1917)

A Panoramic View of the Bible

(See also THE PENTATEUCH, Book Introduction, and Notesassociated with Genesis 1:1)

The Bible, incomparably the most widely circulated of books,at once pro- vokes and baffles study. Even the non-believerin its authority rightly feels that it is unintelligent to

remain in almost total ignorance of the most famous andancient of books. And yet most, even of sincere believers,soon retire from any serious effort to master the content ofthe sacred writings. The reason is not far to seek. It isfound in the fact that no particular portion of Scripture isto be intelligently comprehended apart from some conceptionof its place in the whole. For the Bible story and messageis like a picture wrought out in mosaics: each book,chapter, verse, and even word forms a necessary part, and


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has its own appointed place. It is, therefore, indispensableto any interesting and fruitful study of the Bible that ageneral knowledge of it be gained.

First. The Bible is one book. Seven great marks attest thisunity. (1) From Genesis the Bible bears witness to one God.

Wherever he speaks or acts he is consistent with himself,and with the total revelation concerning him. (2) The Bibleforms one continuous story--the story of humanity inrelation to God. (3) The Bible hazards the most unlikelypredictions concerning the future, and, when the centurieshave brought round the appointed time, records theirfulfilment. (4) The Bible is a progressive unfolding oftruth. Nothing is told all at once, and once for all. Thelaw is, "first the blade, then the ear, after that the fullcorn." Without the possibility of collusion, often withcenturies between, one writer of Scripture takes up anearlier revelation, adds to it, lays down the pen, and in

due time another man moved by the Holy Spirit, and another,and another, add new details till the whole is complete. (5)From beginning to end the Bible testifies to one redemption.(6) From beginning to end the Bible has one great theme--theperson and work of the Christ. (7) And, finally, thesewriters, some forty-four in number, writing through twentycenturies, have produced a perfect harmony of doctrine inprogressive unfolding. This is, to every candid mind, theunanswerable proof of the divine inspiration of the Bible.

Second. The Bible is a book of books. Sixty-six books makeup the one Book. Considered with reference to the unity of

the one book the separate books may be regarded as chapters.But that is but one side of the truth, for each of thesixty-six books is complete in itself, and has its own themeand analysis. In the present edition of the Bible these arefully shown in the introductions and divisions. It istherefore of the utmost moment that the books be studied inthe light of their distinctive themes. Genesis, forinstance, is the book of beginnings--the seed-plot of thewhole Bible. Matthew is the book of the King, & etc.

Third. The books of the Bible fall into groups. Speakingbroadly there are five great divisions in the Scriptures,

and these may be con- veniently fixed in the memory by fivekey-words, Christ being the one theme (Lu 24.25-27).

PREPARATION: The OT

MANIFESTATION: The Gospels

PROPAGATION: The Acts

EXPLANATION: The Epistles

CONSUMMATION: The Apocalypse


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In other words, the Old Testament is the preparation forChrist; in the Gospels he is manifested to the world; in theActs he is preached and his Gospel is propagated in theworld; in the Epistles his Gospel is explained; and in theRevelation all the purposes of God in and through Christ are

consummated. And these groups of books in turn fall intogroups. This is especially true of the Old Testament, whichis in four well defined groups. Over these may be written asmemory aids:

REDEMPTIONGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy

ORGANIZATIONJoshuaJudgesRuthI,II SamuelI,II KingsI,II ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEsther

POETRYJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SolomonLamentations

SERMONSIsaiahJeremiahEzekiel

DanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkuk


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ZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi

Again care should be taken not to overlook, in these general

groupings, the distinctive messages of the several bookscomposing them. Thus, while redemption is the general themeof the Pentateuch, telling as it does the story of theredemption of Israel out of bondage and into "a good landand large," each of the five books has its own distinctivepart in the whole. Genesis is the book of beginnings, andexplains the origin of Israel. Exodus tells the story of thedeliverance of Israel; Leviticus of the worship of Israel asdelivered people; Numbers the wanderings and failures of thedelivered people, and Deuteronomy warns and instructs thatpeople in view of their approaching entrance upon theirinheritance.

The Poetical books record the spiritual experiences of theredeemed people in the varied scenes and events throughwhich the providence of God led them. The prophets wereinspired preachers, and the prophetical books consist ofsermons with brief connecting and explanatory passages. Twoprophetical books, Ezekiel and Daniel, have a differentcharacter and are apocalyptic, largely.

Fourth. The Bible tells the Human Story. Beginning,logically, with the creation of the earth and man, the storyof the race sprung from the first human pair continues

through the first eleven chapters of Genesis. With thetwelfth chapter begins the history of Abraham and of thenation of which Abraham was the ancestor. It is that nation,Israel, with which the Bible narrative is thereafter chieflyconcerned from the eleventh chapter of Genesis to the secondchapter of the Acts of the Apostles. The Gentiles arementioned, but only in connection with Israel. But it ismade increasingly clear that Israel so fills the scene onlybecause entrusted with the accomplishment of great world-wide purposes (Deut 7.7).

The appointed mission of Israel was, (1) to be a witness to

the unity of God in the midst of idolatry (Deut 6.5 Is43.10); (2) to illustrate to the nations the greaterblessedness of serving the one true God (Deut. 33.26-29 1Ch17.20,21 Ps 102.15); (3) to receive and preserve the Divinerevelation (Ro 3.1,2); and (4) to produce the Messiah,earth's Saviour and Lord (Ro 9.4). The prophets foretell aglorious future for Israel under the reign of Christ.


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The biblical story of Israel, past, present, and future,falls into seven distinct periods: (1) From the call ofAbram (Gen 12) to the Exodus (Ex. 1-20); (2) From the Exodusto the death of Joshua (Ex 21 to Josh 24); (3) from thedeath of Joshua to the establishment of the Hebrew monarchyunder Saul; (4) the period of the kings from Saul to the

Captivities; (5) the period of the Captivities; (6) therestored commonwealth from the end of the Babyloniancaptivity of Judah, to the destruction of Jerusalem, A.D.70; (7) the present dispersion.

The Gospels record the appearance in human history andwithin the Hebrew nation of the promised Messiah, JesusChrist, and tell the wonderful story of his manifestation toIsrael, his rejection by that people, his crucifixion,resurrection, and ascension.

The Acts of the Apostles record the descent of the Holy

Spirit, and the beginning of a new thing in human history,the Church. The division of the race now becomes threefold--the Jew, the Gentile, and the Church of God. Just as Israelis in the foreground from the call of Abram to theresurrection of Christ, so now the Church fills the scenefrom the second chapter of the Acts to the fourth chapter ofthe Revelation. The remaining chapters of that book completethe story of humanity and the final triumph of Christ.

Fifth. The Central Theme of the Bible is Christ. It is thismani- festation of Jesus Christ, his Person as "God manifestin the flesh" (1Ti 3.16), his sacrificial death, and his

resurrection, which constitute the Gospel. Unto this allpreceding Scripture leads, from this all following Scriptureproceeds. The Gospel is preached in the Acts and explainedin the Epistles. Christ, Son of God, Son of man, Son ofAbraham, Son of David, thus binds the many books into oneBook. Seed of the woman (Ge 3.15) he is the ultimatedestroyer of Satan and his works; Seed of Abraham he is theworld blesser; Seed of David he is Israel's King. "Desire ofall Nations." Exalted to the right hand of God he is "headover all to the Church, which is his body," while to Israeland the nations the promise of his return forms the one andonly rational expectation that humanity will yet fulfil

itself. Meanwhile the Church looks momentarily for thefulfilment of his special promise: "I will come again andreceive you unto myself" (Jno 14.1-3). To him the HolySpirit throughout this Gospel age bears testimony. The lastbook of all, the Consummation book, is "The Revelation ofJesus Christ" (Re 1.1).


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GenesisScofield Reference Notes (THE PENTATEUCH)

The five books ascribed to Moses have a peculiar place inthe structure of the Bible, and an order which is undeniablythe order of the experience of the people of God in allages. Genesis is the book of origins--of the beginning oflife, and of ruin through sin. Its first word, "In thebeginning God," is in striking contrast with the end, "In acoffin in Egypt." Exodus is the book of redemption, thefirst need of a ruined race. Leviticus is the book ofworship and communion, the proper exercise of the redeemed.Numbers speaks of the experiences of a pilgrim people, theredeemed passing through a hostile scene to a promised

inheritance. Deuteronomy, retrospective and prospective, isa book of instruction for the redeemed about to enter thatinheritance.

That Babylonian and Assyrian monuments contain recordsbearing a grotesque resemblance to the majestic account ofthe creation and of the Flood is true, as also that theseantedate Moses. But this confirms rather than invalidatesinspiration of the Mosaic account. Some tradition ofcreation and the Flood would inevitably be handed down inthe ancient cradle of the race. Such a tradition, followingthe order of all tradition, would take on grotesque and

mythological features, and these abound in the Babylonianrecords. Of necessity, therefore, the first task ofinspiration would be to supplant the often absurd andchildish traditions with a revelation of the true history,and such a history we find in words of matchless grandeur,and in a order which, rightly understood, is absolutelyscientific.

In the Pentateuch, therefore, we have a true and logicalintroduction to the entire Bible; and, in type, an epitomeof the divine revelation.

Scofield Reference Notes The First Book of Moses calledGENESIS

GENESIS is the book of beginnings. It records not only thebeginning of the heavens and the earth, and of plant,animal, and human life, but also of all human institutionsand relationships. Typically, it speaks of the new birth,the new creation, where all was chaos and ruin. With Genesis


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begins also that progressive self-revelation of God whichculminates in Christ. The three primary names of Deity,Elohim, Jehovah, and Adonai, and the five most important ofthe compound names, occur in Genesis; and that in an orderedprogression which could not be changed without confusion.The problem of sin as affecting man's condition in the earth

and his relation to God, and the divine solution of thatproblem are here in essence. Of the eight great covenantswhich condition human life and the divine redemption, four,the Edenic, Adamic, Noahic, and Abrahamic Covenants are inthis book; and these are the fundamental covenants to whichthe other four, the Mosaic, Palestinian, Davidic, and NewCovenants, are related chiefly as adding detail ordevelopment. Genesis enters into the very structure of theNew Testament, in which it is quoted above sixty times inseventeen books. In a profound sense, therefore, the rootsof all subsequent revelation are planted deep in Genesis,and whoever would truly comprehend that revelation must

begin here. The inspiration of Genesis and it character as adivine revelation are authenticated by the testimony ofChrist (Mt. 19. 4-6; 24. 37-39; MK 10. 4-9; LK. 11. 49-51;17. 26-29, 32; John 1. 5; 7. 21-23; 8. 44,56).

Genesis is in five chief divisions:

I. Creation (1. 1-2.25)

II. The fall and redemption (3. 1-4, 7).

III. The Diverse Seeds, Cain and Seth, to the Flood (4.8-7.24).

IV. The Flood to Babel (8.1-11.9).

V. From the call of Abram to the death of Joseph (11.10-50.26). The events recorded in Genesis cover a period of2,315 years (Ussher).

Genesis 11:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.[1] {God} Elohim (sometimes El or Elah), English form"God," the first of the three primary names of Deity, is auni-plural noun formed from El=strength, or the strong one,and Alah, to swear, to bind oneself by an oath, so implyingfaithfulness. This uni-plurality implied in the name isdirectly asserted in Ge 1.26 (plurality), 27 (unity); seealso Gen 3.22. The Trinity is latent in Elohim. As meaningprimarily the Strong One it is fitly used in the firstchapter of Genesis. Used in the OT about 2500 times. Seealso Gen 2.4, note; 2.7; 14.18, note; 15.2, note; 17.1,note; 21.33, note; 1Sa 1.3, note.[2] {created} But three creative acts of God are recorded in


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this chapter: (1) heavens and the earth, v.1; (2) animallife, v.21; and (3) human life, vs. 26,27. The firstcreative act refers to the dateless past, and gives scopefor all the geologic ages. [[Typist's note: This is the"GAP" theory.]]

1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness[was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God movedupon the face of the waters.[3] {without form and void} # Jer 4:23-27 Isa 24:1 45:18clearly indicate that the earth had undergone a cataclysmicchange as the result of divine judgment. The face of theearth bears everywhere the marks of such a catastrophe.There are not wanting imitations which connect it with aprevious testing and fall of angels. See # Eze 28:12-15 Isa14:9-14 which certainly go beyond the kings of Tyre andBabylon.

1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.[4] {Let there be light} Neither here nor in verses 14-18 isan original creative act implied. A different word is used.The sense is, made to appear; made visible. The sun and moonwere created "in the beginning." The "light" of course camefrom the sun, but the vapour diffused the light. Later thesun appeared in an unclouded sky.

1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and Goddivided the light from the darkness.1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he calledNight. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

[1] {day) The word "day" is used in Scripture in three ways:(1) that part of the solar day of twenty=four hours which islight # Ge 1:5,14 Joh 9:4 11:9 (2) such a day, set apart forsome distinctive purpose, as, "day of atonement" (Le 23.27);"day of judgment" # Mt 10:15 (3) a period of time, long orshort, during which certain revealed purposes of God are tobe accomplished, as "day of the Lord."[2] {evening} The use of "evening" and "morning" may be heldto limit "day" to the solar day; but the frequent parabolicuse of natural phenomena may warrant the conclusion thateach creative "day" was a period of time marked off by abeginning and ending.

1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst ofthe waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which[were] under the firmament from the waters which [were]above the firmament: and it was so.1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening andthe morning were the second day.


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1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven begathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land]appear: and it was so.1:10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gatheringtogether of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [itwas] good.

1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herbyielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after hiskind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it wasso.[3] {bring forth grass} It is by no means necessary tosuppose that the life-germ of seeds perished in thecatastrophic judgment which overthrew the primitive order.With the restoration of dry land and light the earth would"bring forth" as described. It was "animal" life whichperished, the traces of which remain as fossils. Relegatefossils to the primitive creation, and no conflict ofscience with the Genesis cosmogony remains. [[Typist's Note:

THE GAP THEORY]]

1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yieldingseed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed[was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was]good.1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament ofthe heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them befor signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of theheaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light torule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [hemade] the stars also.[4] {greater light} The "greater light" is a type of Christ,the "Sun of righteousness" # Mal 4:2 He will take thischaracter at His second advent. Morally the world is now inthe state between # Ge 1:3-16 # Eph 6:12 Ac 26:18 1Pe 2:9The sun is not seen, but there is light. Christ is thatlight # Joh 1:4,5,9 but "shineth in darkness," comprehendedonly by faith. As "Son of righteousness" He will dispel alldarkness. Dispensationally the Church is in place as the"lesser light," the moon, reflecting the light of the unseen

sun. The stars # Ge 1:16 are individual believers who are"lights" # Php 2:15,16 See Note "Joh 1:5" (A type is adivinely purposed illustration of some truth. It may be: (1)a person # Ro 5:14 (2) an event # 1Co 10:11 (3) a thing #Heb 10:20 (4) an institution # Heb 9:11 (5) a ceremonial #1Co 5:7 Types occur most frequently in the Pentateuch, butare found, more sparingly, elsewhere. The antitype, orfulfilment of the type, is found, usually, in the New


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Testament.

1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to givelight upon the earth,1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and todivide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it

was] good.1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly themoving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may flyabove the earth in the open firmament of heaven.1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creaturethat moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: andGod saw that [it was] good.[1] {every living creature} The second clause, "every livingcreature," as distinguished from fishes merely, is taken upagain in verse 24, showing that in the second creative act

all animal life is included.

1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, andmultiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowlmultiply in the earth.1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the livingcreature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, andbeast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.[2] {living creature} "Creature," Heb. nephesh, trans. soulin 2.7 and usually. In itself nephesh, or soul, impliesself-conscious life, as distinguished from plants, which

have unconscious life. In the sense of self-conscious lifeanimals also have "soul." See verses # Ge 1:26,27 See Note"Ge 1:26"

1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, andcattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth uponthe earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after ourlikeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of thesea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, andover all the earth, and over every creeping thing thatcreepeth upon the earth.

[3] {make man in our image} Man. Gen 1.26,27, gives thegeneral, Gen 2.7, 21-23, the particular account of thecreation of man. The revealed facts are: (1) Man was creatednot evolved. This is (a) expressly declared, and thedeclaration is confirmed by Christ # Mt 19:14 Mr 10:6 (b)"an enormous gulf, a divergence practically infinite"(Huxley) between the lowest man and the highest beast,confirms it; (c) the highest beast has no trace of God-


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consciousness--the religious nature; (d) science anddiscovery have done nothing to bridge that "gulf." (2) Thatman was made in the "image and likeness" of God. This imageis found chiefly in man's tri-unity, and in his moralnature. Man is "spirit and soul and body" # 1Th 5:23"Spirit" is that part of man which "knows" # 1Co 2:11 and

which allies him to the spiritual creation and gives himGod-consciousness. "Soul" in itself implies self-consciousness life, as distinguished from plants, which haveunconscious life. In that sense animals also have "soul" #Ge 1:24 But the "soul" of man has a vaster content than"soul" as applied to beast life. It is the seat of emotions,desires, affections # Ps 42:1-6 The "heart" is, in Scriptureusage, nearly synonymous with "soul." Because the naturalman is, characteristically, the soulual or physical man,"soul" is often used as synonymous with the individual, e.g.# Ge 12:5 The body, separable from spirit and soul, andsusceptible to death, is nevertheless an integral part of

man, as the resurrection shows # Joh 5:28,29 1Co 15:47-50 Re20:11-13 It is the seat of the senses (the means by whichthe spirit and soul have world-consciousness) and of thefallen Adamic nature. # Ro 7:23,24

1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image ofGod created he him; male and female created he them.1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Befruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdueit: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over thefowl of the air, and over every living thing that movethupon the earth.

[4] DISPENSATION A dispensation is a period of time duringwhich man is tested in respect of obedience to some specificrevelation of the will of God. Seven such dispensations aredistinguished in Scripture. See note [5].[5] {And God blessed them} The First Dispensation:Innocency. Man was created in innocency, placed in a perfectenvironment, subjected to an absolutely simple test, andwarned of the consequence of disobedience. The woman fellthrough pride; the man deliberately. # 1Ti 2:14 God restoredHis sinning creatures, but the dispensation of innocencyended in the judgment of the Expulsion # Ge 3:24 See, forthe other dispensations; Conscience See Note "Ge 3.23

Human Government See Note "Ge 8:20" Promise See Note "Ge12:1" Law See Note "Ex 19:8" Grace See Note "Joh 1:17"Kingdom See Note "Eph 1:10"[6] The Edenic Covenant, the first of the eight greatcovenants of Scripture which condition life and salvation,and about which all Scripture crystallizes, has sevenelements. The man and woman in Eden were responsible: (1) Toreplenish the earth with a new order--man; (2) to subdue the


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earth to human uses; (3) to have dominion over the animalcreation; (4) to eat herbs and fruits; (5) to till and keepthe garden; (6) to abstain from eating of the tree ofknowledge of good and evil; (7) the penalty--death. See, forthe other seven covenants: ADAMIC See Note "Ge 3:14"NOAHIC See Note "Ge 9:1" ABRAHAMIC See Note "Ge 15:18"

MOSAIC See Note "Ex 19:25" PALESTINIAN See Note "De30:3" DAVIDIC See Note "2Sa 7:16" NEW See Note "Heb 8:8"

1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herbbearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, andevery tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yieldingseed; to you it shall be for meat.1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl ofthe air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb formeat: and it was so.1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold,

[it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were thesixth day.

Genesis 22:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and allthe host of them.2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he hadmade; and he rested on the seventh day from all his workwhich he had made.2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:because that in it he had rested from all his work which Godcreated and made.

[1] {sanctified} In the O.T. the same Hebrew word (qodesh)is translated sanctify, consecrate, dedicate, and holy. Itmeans, set apart for the service of God. See refs. following"Sanctify," Ge 2.3.

2:4 These [are] the generations of the heavens and of theearth when they were created, in the day that the LORD Godmade the earth and the heavens,[2] {Lord} LORD (Heb. Jehovah) (1) The primary meaning ofthe name LORD (Jehovah) is the "self-existent One."Literally (as in Ex 3.14), "He that is who He is, thereforethe eternal I AM." But Havah, from which Jehovah, or Yahwe,

is formed, signifies also "to become," that is, to becomeknown, thus pointing to a continuous and increasing self-revelation. Combining these meanings of Havah, we arrive atthe meaning of the name Jehovah. He is "the self- existentOne who reveals Himself." The name is, in itself, an advanceupon the name "God" (El, Elah, Elohim), which suggestscertain attributes of Deity, as strength, etc., rather thanHis essential being. (2) It is significant that the first


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appearance of the name Jehovah in Scripture follows thecreation of man. It was God (Elohim) who said, "Let us makeman in our image" (Ge 1.26); but when man, as in the secondchapter of Genesis, is to fill the scene and become dominantover creation, it is the Lord God (Jehovah Elohim) who acts.This clearly indicates a special relation of Deity, in His

Jehovah character, to man, and all Scripture emphasizesthis. (3) Jehovah is distinctly the redemption name ofDeity. When sin entered and redemption became necessary, itwas Jehovah Elohim who sought the sinning ones # Ge 3:9-13and clothed them with "coats of skins" # Ge 3:21 a beautifultype of righteousness provided by the Lord God throughsacrifice # Ro 3:21,22 The first distinct revelation ofHimself by His name Jehovah was in connection with theredemption of the covenant people out of Egypt # Ex 3:13-17As Redeemer, emphasis is laid upon those attributes ofJehovah which the sin and salvation of man bring intoexercise. These are: (a) His holiness # Le 11:44,45 19:1,2

20:26 Hab 1:12,13 (b) His hatred and judgment of sin # De32:35-42 Ge 6:5-7 Ps 11:4-6 66:18 Ex 34:6,7 (c) His love forand redemption of sinners, but always righteously # Ge 3:218:20,21 Ex 12:12,13 Le 16:2,3 Isa 53:5,6,10 Salvation byJehovah apart from sacrifice is unknown to Scripture. (4) Inhis redemptive relation to man, Jehovah has seven compoundnames which reveal Him as meeting every need of man from hislost state to the end. These compound names are: (a)Jehovah-jireh, "the Lord will provide" # Ge 22:13,14 i.e.,will provide a sacrifice; (b) Jehovah-rapha, "the Lord thathealeth" # Ex 17:8-15 That this refers to physical healingthe context shows, but the deeper healing of soul malady is

implied. (c) Jehovah-nissi, "the Lord our banner" The nameis interpreted by the context. The enemy was Amalek, a typeof the flesh, and the conflict that day stands for theconflict of # Ga 5:17 the war of the Spirit against theflesh. Victory was wholly due to divine help. (d) Jehovah-Shalom, "the Lord our peace," or "the Lord send peace" # Jud6:24 Almost the whole ministry of Jehovah finds expressionand illustration in that chapter. Jehovah hates and judgessin # Ge 2:1-5 Jehovah loves and saves sinners # Ge 2:7-18but only through sacrifice see also # Ro 5:1 Eph 2:14 Col1:20 (e) Jehovah-ra-ah, "the Lord my shepherd" (Psa 23.). InPs. 22 Jehovah makes peace by the blood of the cross; in Ps

23. Jehovah is shepherding His own who are in the world See Note "Joh 10:7" (f) Jehovah-tsidkenu, "the Lord ourrighteousness" # Jer 23:6 This name of Jehovah occurs in aprophecy concerning the future restoration and conversion ofIsrael. Then Israel will hail him as Jehovah-tsidkenu--"theLord our righteousness." (g) Jehovah-shammah, "the Lord ispresent" # Eze 48:35 This name signifies Jehovah's abidingpresence with His people # Ex 33:14,15 1Ch 16:27,33 Ps 16:11


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97:5 Mt 28:20 Heb 13:5 (5) Lord (Jehovah) is also thedistinctive name of Deity as in covenant with Israel # Ex19:3 20:1,2 Jer 31:31-34 (6) Lord God (Heb. Jehovah Elohim)is the first of the compound names of Deity. Lord God isused distinctly: (1) of the relation of Deity to man (a) asCreator # Ge 2:7-15 (b) as morally in authority over man #

Ge 2:16,17 (c) as creating and governing the earthlyrelationships of man # Ge 2:18-24 3:16-19,22-24 and (d) asredeeming man # Ge 3:8-15,21 (2) of the relation of Deity toIsrael # Ge 24:7 28:13 Ex 3:15,18 4:5 5:1 7:6 De 1:11,21 4:16:3 12:1 # Jos 7:13,19,20 10:40,42 Jud 2:12 1Sa 2:30 1Ki1:48 2Ki 9:6 # 2Ki 10:31 1Ch 22:19 2Ch 1:9 Ezr 1:3 Isa 21:17See other names of Deity, See Note "Ge 1:1" See Note "Ge14:18" See Note "Ge 15:2" See Note "Ge 17:1" See Note"Ge 21:33" See Note "1Sa 1:3"

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.2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered thewhole face of the ground.2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground,and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and manbecame a living soul.2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; andthere he put the man whom he had formed.2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow everytree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; thetree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree

of knowledge of good and evil.2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; andfrom thence it was parted, and became into four heads.2:11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it whichcompasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;2:12 And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is]bdellium and the onyx stone.2:13 And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same[is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.2:14 And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that[is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And thefourth river [is] Euphrates.

2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into thegarden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of everytree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thoushalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereofthou shalt surely die.2:18 And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man


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should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beastof the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them]unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoeverAdam called every living creature, that [was] the namethereof.

2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl ofthe air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam therewas not found an help meet for him.2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up theflesh instead thereof;2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man,made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.2:23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, andflesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because shewas taken out of Man.[1] {Eve} Eve, type of the Church as bride of Christ # Joh

3:28,29 2Co 11:2 Eph 5:25-32 Re 19:7,8

2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, andwere not ashamed.

Genesis 33:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of thefield which the LORD God had made. And he said unto thewoman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree ofthe garden?

[2] {The serpent} The serpent, in his Edenic form, is not tobe thought of as a writhing reptile. That is the effect ofthe curse # Ge 3:14 The creature which lent itself to Satanmay well have been the most beautiful as was the most"subtle" of creatures less than man. Traces of that beautyremain despite the curse. Every movement of a serpent isgraceful, and many species are beautifully coloured. In theserpent, Satan first appeared as "an angel of light" # 2Co11:14

3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of thefruit of the trees of the garden:

3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst ofthe garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neithershall ye touch it, lest ye die.3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surelydie:3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, thenyour eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowinggood and evil.


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3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good forfood, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree tobe desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruitthereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband withher; and he did eat.3:7 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.3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in thegarden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hidthemselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst thetrees of the garden.3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,Where [art] thou?3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I wasafraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hastthou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou

shouldest not eat?3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be]with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this[that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpentbeguiled me, and I did eat.3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thouhast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, andabove every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thougo, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:[1] {And the Lord God said} The Adamic Covenant conditionsthe life of fallen man--conditions which must remain till,

in the kingdom age, "the creation also shall be deliveredfrom the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty ofthe sons of God" # Ro 8:21 The elements of the AdamicCovenant are: (1) The serpent, Satan's tool, is cursed (v.14), and becomes God's illustration in nature of the effectsof sin--from the most beautiful and subtle of creatures to aloathsome reptile! The deepest mystery of the atonement isintimated here. Christ, "made sin for us," in bearing ourjudgment, is typified by the brazen serpent # Nu 21:5-9 Joh3:14 2Co 5:21 Brass speaks of judgment--in the brazen altar,of God's judgment, and in the laver, of self-judgment. (2)The first promise of a Redeemer (v. 15). Here begins the

"Highway of the Seed," Abel, Seth, Noah # Ge 6:8-10 Shem #Ge 9:26,27 Abraham # Ge 12:1-4 Isaac # Ge 17:19-21 Jacob #Ge 28:10-14 Judah # Ge 49:10 David # 2Sa 7:5-17 Immanuel-Christ # Isa 7:9-14 Mt 1:1,20-23 1Jo 3:8 Joh 12:31 (3) Thechanged state of the woman (v.16). In three particulars: (a)Multiplied conception; (b) motherhood linked with sorrow;(c) the headship of the man (cf) # Ge 1:26,27 The entranceof sin, which is disorder, makes necessary a headship, and


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it is vested in man # 1Ti 2:11-14 Eph 5:22-25 1Co 11:7-9 (4)The earth cursed (v. 17) for man's sake. It is better forfallen man to battle with a reluctant earth than to livewithout toil. (5) The inevitable sorrow of life (v. 17) (6)The light occupation of Eden # Ge 2:15 changed to burdensomelabour # Ge 3:18,19 (7) Physical death # Ge 3:19 Ro 5:12-21

See "Death (spiritual)" # Ge 2:17 See Note "Eph 2:5" Seefor the other covenants: EDENIC See Note "Ge 1:28" NOAHIC See Note "Ge 9:1" ABRAHAMIC See Note "Ge 15:18" MOSAIC See Note "Ex 19:25" PALESTINIAN See Note "De 30:3" DAVIDIC See Note "2Sa 7:16" NEW See Note "Heb 8:8"

3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, andbetween thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, andthou shalt bruise his heel.[2] {thou shalt bruise his heel} The chain of referenceswhich begins here includes the promises and propheciesconcerning Christ which were fulfilled in His birth and

works at His first advent. See, for line of unfulfilledpromises and prophecies: "Christ (second advent)" # De 30:3 See Note "Ac 1:9" "Kingdom" # Ge 1:26-28 Zec 12:8 "Kingdom(N.T.)" # Lu 1:31 1Co 15:28 "Day of the Lord" # Isa 2:10 Re19:11

3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thysorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forthchildren; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and heshall rule over thee.3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened untothe voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which

I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed[is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of]it all the days of thy life;3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee;and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, tillthou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she wasthe mother of all living.3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God makecoats of skins, and clothed them.

[1] {coats of skins} Coats of skins: Type of "Christ, madeunto us righteousness"-- a divinely provided garment thatthe first sinners might be made fit for God's presence. SeeRighteousness, garment # Ge 3:21 Re 19:8

3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as oneof us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth hishand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live


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for ever:3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the gardenof Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.[1] {Therefore the Lord God} The Second Dispensation:Conscience. By disobedience man came to a personal andexperimental knowledge of good and evil--of good as

obedience, of evil as disobedience to the known will of God.Through that knowledge conscience awoke. Expelled from Edenand placed under the second, or ADAMIC COVENANT, man wasresponsible to do all known good, to abstain from all knownevil, and to approach God through sacrifice. The result ofthis second testing of man is stated in # Ge 6:5 and thedispensation ended in the judgment of the Flood. Apparently"the east of the garden" # Ge 3:24 where were the cherubimsand the flame, remained the place of worship through thissecond dispensation. See for the other six dispensations:INNOCENCE See Note "Ge 1:28" HUMAN GOVERNMENT See Note"Ge 8:21" PROMISE See Note "Ge 12:1" LAW See Note "Ex

19:8" GRACE See Note "Joh 1:17" KINGDOM See Note "Eph1:10"

3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east ofthe garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword whichturned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 44:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bareCain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.[3] {Cain} Cain ("acquisition") is a type of the mere man ofthe earth. His religion was destitute of any adequate sense

of sin, or need of atonement. This religious type isdescribed in 2Pe 2. Seven things are said of him: (1) heworships in self-will (2) is angry with God (3) refuses tobring a sin offering (4) murders his brother (5) lies to God(6) becomes a vagabond (7) is, nevertheless, the object ofthe divine solicitude.

4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was akeeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.[4] {Abel} Abel ("exhalation," or, "that which ascends") isa type of the spiritual man. His sacrifice, in which atoningblood was shed # Heb 9:22 was therefore at once his

confession of sin and the expression of his faith in theinterposition of a substitute # Heb 11:4

4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cainbrought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto theLORD.[3] {Cain} Cain ("acquisition") is a type of the mere man ofthe earth. His religion was destitute of any adequate sense


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of sin, or need of atonement. This religious type isdescribed in 2Pe 2. Seven things are said of him: (1) heworships in self-will (2) is angry with God (3) refuses tobring a sin offering (4) murders his brother (5) lies to God(6) becomes a vagabond (7) is, nevertheless, the object ofthe divine solicitude.

4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flockand of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abeland to his offering:[4] {Abel} Abel ("exhalation," or, "that which ascends") isa type of the spiritual man. His sacrifice, in which atoningblood was shed # Heb 9:22 was therefore at once hisconfession of sin and the expression of his faith in theinterposition of a substitute # Heb 11:4[5] {flock} Type of Christ, the Lamb of God, the mostconstant type of the suffering Messiah--"the Lamb of Godthat taketh away the sin of the world" # Joh 1:29 A lamb

fitly symbolizes the unresisting innocency and harmlessnessof the Lord Jesus # Isa 53:7 Lu 23:9 Mt 26:53,54 This typeis brought into prominence by contrast with Cain's bloodlessoffering of the fruit of his own works, and proclaims, inthe very infancy of the race, the primal truth that "withoutshedding of blood is no remission" # Heb 9:22 11:4

4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and whyis thy countenance fallen?4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if

thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee[shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.[1] {sin} Or, sin-offering. In Hebrew the same word is usedfor "sin," and "sin- offering," thus emphasizing in aremarkable way the complete identification of the believer'ssin with his sin offering (cf) # Joh 3:14 2Co 5:21 Here bothmeanings are brought together. "Sin lieth at the door," butso also "a sin-offering croucheth at the [tent] door." It is"where sin abounded" that "grace did much more abound" # Ro5:20 Abel's offering implies a previous instruction (cf) #Ge 3:21 for it was "by faith" # Heb 11:4 and faith is takingGod at His word; so that Cain's unbloody offering was a

refusal of the divine way. But Jehovah made a last appeal toCain # Ge 4:7 even yet to bring the required offering.

4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came topass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up againstAbel his brother, and slew him.4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thybrother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's


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keeper?4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thybrother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.4:11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hathopened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thyhand;

4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforthyield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabondshalt thou be in the earth.4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greaterthan I can bear.4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the faceof the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shallbe a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall cometo pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me.4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayethCain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And theLORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill

him.4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, anddwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bareEnoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of thecity, after the name of his son, Enoch.[2] {builded a city} The first civilization, that whichperished in the judgment of the Flood, was Cainitic inorigin, character, and destiny. Every element of materialcivilization is mentioned in verses 16-22, city and pastorallife, and the development of arts and manufactures. Enoch,after whom the first city was named, means "teacher." The el

termination of the names of Enoch's son and grandson showsthat for a time the knowledge of Elohim was preserved, buthis soon disappears # Ro 1:21-23 Adah means "pleasure," or"adornment"; Zillah, to "hide"; Lamech, "conqueror," or"wild man." (Cf) # Ro 1:21-25 See Note Ge 6.4 The Cainiticcivilization may have been as splendid as that of Greece orRome, but the divine judgment is according to the moralstate, not the material. # Ge 6:5-7

4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael:and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one

[was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwellin tents, and [of such as have] cattle.4:21 And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the fatherof all such as handle the harp and organ.4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer ofevery artificer in brass and iron: and the sister ofTubalcain [was] Naamah.


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4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hearmy voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for Ihave slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamechseventy and sevenfold.4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and

called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed meanother seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and hecalled his name Enos: then began men to call upon the nameof the LORD.

Genesis 55:1 This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In theday that God created man, in the likeness of God made hehim;[1] {Adam} Adam, as the natural head of the race # Lu 3:38is a contrasting type of Christ, the Head of the new

creation. See # Ro 5:14 1Co 15:21,22,45-47

5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, andcalled their name Adam, in the day when they were created.5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [ason] in his own likeness, after his image; and called hisname Seth:5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth wereeight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred andthirty years: and he died.5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat

Enos:5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred andseven years, and begat sons and daughters:5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelveyears: and he died.5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred andfifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and fiveyears: and he died.5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight

hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and tenyears: and he died.5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begatJared:5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundredand thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred


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ninety and five years: and he died.5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and hebegat Enoch:5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundredyears, and begat sons and daughters:5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and

two years: and he died.5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begatMethuselah:5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselahthree hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:[2] {Enoch} Enoch, "translated that he should not seedeath" # Heb 11:5 before the judgment of the Flood, is atype of those saints who are to be translated before theapocalyptic judgments # 1Th 4:14-17 Noah, left on the earth,but preserved through the judgment of the Flood, is a typeof the Jewish people, who will be kept through theapocalyptic judgments # Jer 30:5-9 Re 12:13-16 and brought

as an earthly people to the new heaven and new earth # Isa65:17-19 66:20-22 Re 21:1

5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty andfive years:5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for Godtook him.5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years,and begat Lamech:5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech sevenhundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty

and nine years: and he died.5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, andbegat a son:5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shallcomfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands,because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundredninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventyand seven years: and he died.5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begatShem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 66:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on theface of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they[were] fair; and they took them wives of all which theychose.6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive


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with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall bean hundred and twenty years.6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and alsoafter that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughtersof men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became]mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.

[1] {sons of God} Some hold that these "sons of God" werethe "angels which kept not their first estate" # Jude 1:6 Itis asserted that the title is in the O.T. exclusively usedof angels. But this is an error # Isa 43:6 Angels are spokenof in a sexless way. No female angels are mentioned inScripture, and we are expressly told that marriage isunknown among angels. # Mt 22:30 The uniform Hebrew andChristian interpretation has been that verse 2 marks thebreaking down of the separation between the godly line ofSeth and the godless line of Cain, and so the failure of thetestimony to Jehovah committed to the line of Seth # Ge 4:26For apostasy there is no remedy but judgment # Isa 1:2-

7,24,25 Heb 6:4-8 10:26-31 Noah, "a preacher ofrighteousness," is given 120 years, but he won no convert,and the judgment predicted by his great-grandfather fell #Jude 1:14,15 Ge 7:11

6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great inthe earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts ofhis heart [was] only evil continually.6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on theearth, and it grieved him at his heart.6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I havecreated from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and

the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for itrepenteth me that I have made them.6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.6:9 These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man[and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked withGod.[2] {walked}Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whomit is said that they "walked with God" # Ge 5:24 6:9 Enoch,"translated that he should not see death" # Heb 11:5 becomesa type of the saints who will be "caught up" before thegreat tribulation # 1Th 4:14-17 Re 3:10 Da 12:1 Mt 24:21Noah, preserved through the Flood, is a type of the

Israelitish people who will be preserved through thetribulation # Jer 30:5-9 See "Tribulation" # Ps 2:5 Re 7:14

6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earthwas filled with violence.6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it wascorrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.


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6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is comebefore me; for the earth is filled with violence throughthem; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou makein the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without withpitch.

[3] {ark} "Ark": type of Christ as the refuge of His peoplefrom judgment # Heb 11:7 In strictness of application thisspeaks of the preservation through the "great tribulation" #Mt 24:21,22 of the remnant of Israel who will turn to theLord after the Church (typified by Enoch, who was translatedto heaven before the judgment of the Flood) has been caughtup to meet the Lord # Ge 5:22-24 1Th 4:15-17 Heb 11:5 Isa2:10,11 26:20,21 But the type also has a present referenceto the position of the believer "in Christ" (Ep 1.), etc. Itshould be noted that the word translated "pitch" in # Ge6:14 is the same word translated "atonement" in # Le 17:11etc. It is atonement that keeps out the waters of judgment

and makes the believer's position "in Christ" safe andblessed.

6:15 And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it[of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits,the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirtycubits.6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubitshalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shaltthou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, andthird [stories] shalt thou make it.6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon

the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath oflife, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in theearth shall die.6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thoushalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife,and thy sons' wives with thee.6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every[sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alivewith thee; they shall be male and female.[1] {two of every sort} Cf # Ge 7:2 In addition to twoanimals, etc., commanded (Ge 6.19) to be preserved forfuture increase ("they shall be male and female"), the

further command was given more than 100 years later to takeof clean beasts, i.e, acceptable for sacrifice, seven each.Exodus gives ten such beasts, or but seventy in all. Modernships carry hundreds of live beasts, with their food,besides scores of human beings.

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two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them]alive.6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, andthou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food forthee, and for them.6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him,

so did he.

Genesis 77:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy houseinto the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me inthis generation.7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens,the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not cleanby two, the male and his female.7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and thefemale; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the

earth forty days and forty nights; and every livingsubstance that I have made will I destroy from off the faceof the earth.7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commandedhim.7:6 And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood ofwaters was upon the earth.7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and hissons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters ofthe flood.7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, andof fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, themale and the female, as God had commanded Noah.[1] {two} Cf. Gen 7.2. In addition to two animals, etc.,commanded (Ge 6.19) to be preserved for future increase("they shall be male and female"), the further command wasgiven more than 100 years later to take of clean beasts,i.e. beasts acceptable for sacrifice, seven each. Exodusgives ten such beasts, or but seventy in all. Modern shipscarry hundreds of live beasts, with their food, besidesscores of human beings.

7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters

of the flood were upon the earth.7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the secondmonth, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day wereall the fountains of the great deep broken up, and thewindows of heaven were opened.7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and fortynights.7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham,


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and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and thethree wives of his sons with them, into the ark;7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all thecattle after their kind, and every creeping thing thatcreepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl afterhis kind, every bird of every sort.

7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two ofall flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of allflesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and thewaters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift upabove the earth.7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatlyupon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of thewaters.7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole heaven,

were covered.7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and themountains were covered.7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both offowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creepingthing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:7:22 All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of allthat [was] in the dry [land], died.7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was uponthe face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and thecreeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they weredestroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive],

and they that [were] with him in the ark.7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred andfifty days.

Genesis 88:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and allthe cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made awind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heavenwere stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually:and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waterswere abated.8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on theseventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenthmonth: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of themonth, were the tops of the mountains seen.8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noahopened the window of the ark which he had made:


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8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro,until the waters were dried up from off the earth.8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waterswere abated from off the face of the ground;8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, andshe returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on

the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, andtook her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sentforth the dove out of the ark;8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, inher mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew thatthe waters were abated from off the earth.8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth thedove; which returned not again unto him any more.8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and firstyear, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month,the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah

removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold,the face of the ground was dry.8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth dayof the month, was the earth dried.8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons,and thy sons' wives with thee.8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] withthee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and ofevery creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that theymay breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, andmultiply upon the earth.

8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, andhis sons' wives with him:8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl,[and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds,went forth out of the ark.8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took ofevery clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offeredburnt offerings on the altar.8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD saidin his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more forman's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evilfrom his youth; neither will I again smite any more every

thing living, as I have done.[1] {the Lord said in heart} The Third Dispensation: HumanGovernment. Under Conscience, as in Innocency, man utterlyfailed, and the judgment of the Flood marks the end of thesecond dispensation and the beginning of the third. Thedeclaration of the Noahic Covenant subjects humanity to anew test. Its distinctive feature is the institution, forthe first time, of human government--the government of man


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by man. The highest function of government is the judicialtaking of life. All other governmental powers are implied inthat. It follows that the third dispensation isdistinctively that of human government. Man is responsibleto govern the world for God. That responsibility rested uponthe whole race, Jew and Gentile, until the failure of Israel

under the Palestinian Covenant (Deu 28.-30.1-10) brought thejudgment of the Captivities, when "the times of theGentiles" (See) # Lu 21:24 Re 16:14 began, and thegovernment of the world passed exclusively into Gentilehands # Da 2:36-45 Lu 21:24 Ac 15:14-17 That both Israel andthe Gentiles have governed for self, not God, is sadlyapparent. The judgment of the confusion of tongues ended theracial testing; that of the captivities the Jewish; whilethe \Gentile testing will end in the smiting of the Image(Da 2.) and the judgment of the nations # Mt 25:31-46 See,for the other six dispensations: INNOCENCE See Note "Ge1:28" CONSCIENCE See Note "Ge 3:23" PROMISE See Note "Ge

12:1" LAW See Note "Ex 19:8" GRACE See Note "Joh 1:17"KINGDOM See Note "Eph 1:10"

8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, andcold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and nightshall not cease.

Genesis 99:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.[2] {and said unto them} The Noahic Covenant. The elementsare: (1) The relation of man to the earth under the Adamic

Covenant is confirmed See Note "Ge 8:21" (2) The order ofnature is confirmed (Ge 8.22) (3) Human government isestablished (Ge 9.1-6) (4) Earth is secured against anotheruniversal judgment by water # Ge 8:21 9:11 (5) A propheticdeclaration is made that from Ham will descend an inferiorand servile posterity # Ge 9:24,25 (6) A propheticdeclaration is made that Shem will have a peculiar relationto Jehovah # Ge 9:26,27 All divine revelation is throughSemitic men, and Christ, after the flesh, descends fromShem. (7) A prophetic declaration is made that from Japhethwill descend the "enlarged" races # Ge 9:27 Government,science, and art, speaking broadly, are and have been

Japhetic, so that history is the indisputable record of theexact fulfilment of these declarations. See notes from Gen8.21 for the other seven covenants: EDENIC (Ge 1.28); ADAMIC(Ge 3.15); ABRAHAMIC (Ge 15.18); MOSAIC (Ex 19.25);PALESTINIAN (Deu 30.3); DAVIDIC (2Sa 7.16); NEW (He 8.8).

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upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all thefishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.[2] {and said unto them} The Noahic Covenant. The elementsare: (1) The relation of man to the earth under the AdamicCovenant is confirmed See Note "Ge 8:21" (2) The order ofnature is confirmed (Ge 8.22) (3) Human government is

established (Ge 9.1-6) (4) Earth is secured against anotheruniversal judgment by water # Ge 8:21 9:11 (5) A propheticdeclaration is made that from Ham will descend an inferiorand servile posterity # Ge 9:24,25 (6) A propheticdeclaration is made that Shem will have a peculiar relationto Jehovah # Ge 9:26,27 All divine revelation is throughSemitic men, and Christ, after the flesh, descends fromShem. (7) A prophetic declaration is made that from Japhethwill descend the "enlarged" races # Ge 9:27 Government,science, and art, speaking broadly, are and have beenJaphetic, so that history is the indisputable record of theexact fulfilment of these declarations. See notes from Gen

8.21 for the other seven covenants: EDENIC (Ge 1.28); ADAMIC(Ge 3.15); ABRAHAMIC (Ge 15.18); MOSAIC (Ex 19.25);PALESTINIAN (Deu 30.3); DAVIDIC (2Sa 7.16); NEW (He 8.8).

9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;even as the green herb have I given you all things.9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the bloodthereof, shall ye not eat.9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; atthe hand of every beast will I require it, and at the handof man; at the hand of every man's brother will I requirethe life of man.

9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood beshed: for in the image of God made he man.9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forthabundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,saying,9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, andwith your seed after you;9:10 And with every living creature that [is] with you, ofthe fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earthwith you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast ofthe earth.

9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neithershall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of aflood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroythe earth.9:12 And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant whichI make between me and you and every living creature that[is] with you, for perpetual generations:9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a


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token of a covenant between me and the earth.9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud overthe earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between meand you and every living creature of all flesh; and thewaters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look uponit, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between Godand every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon theearth.9:17 And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of thecovenant, which I have established between me and all fleshthat [is] upon the earth.9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, wereShem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father ofCanaan.9:19 These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was thewhole earth overspread.

9:20 And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted avineyard:9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he wasuncovered within his tent.9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of hisfather, and told his two brethren without.9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] uponboth their shoulders, and went backward, and covered thenakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward,and they saw not their father's nakedness.9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngerson had done unto him.

9:25 And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servantsshall he be unto his brethren.9:26 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; andCanaan shall be his servant.9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in thetents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fiftyyears.9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fiftyyears: and he died.

Genesis 1010:1 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah,Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born afterthe flood.10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, andJavan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.[1] Gomer: Progenitor of the ancient Cimerians and Cimbri,from whom are descended the Celtic family.[2] Magog: From Magog are descended the ancient Scythians,


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or Tartars, whose descendants predominate in the modernRussia. See Ez 38.2 39.6 Re 20.8[3] Madai: Progenitor of the ancient Medes.[4] Javan: Progenitor of those who peopled Greece, Syria,etc.[5] Tubal: Tubal's descendants peopled the region south of

the black Sea, from whence they spread north and south. Itis probable that Tobolsk perpetuates the tribal name. Abranch of this race peopled Spain.[6] Meshech: Progenitor of a race mentioned in connectionwith Tubal, Magog, and other northern nations. Broadlyspeaking, Russia, excluding the conquests of Peter the Greatand his successors, is the modern land of Magog, Tubal, andMeshech.[7] Tiras: Progenitor of the Thracians.From these seven sons of Japheth are descended the goyim, orGentile, nations, trans. "heathen" 148 times in the A.V. Thename implies nothing concerning religion, meaning simply,

non-Israelite, or "foreigner."

10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, andTogarmah.10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim,and Dodanim.10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided intheir lands; every one after his tongue, after theirfamilies, in their nations.10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, andCanaan.10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah,

and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, andDedan.10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one inthe earth.10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it issaid, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech,and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and buildedNineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] agreat city.

10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, andNaphtuhim,10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom camePhilistim,) and Caphtorim.10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite:


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and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spreadabroad.10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, asthou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom,and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.10:20 These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families,

after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in theirnations.10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children ofEber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were[children] born.10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad,and Lud, and Aram.10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, andMash.10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one[was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his

brother's name [was] Joktan.10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, andHazarmaveth, and Jerah,10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were]the sons of Joktan.10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest untoSephar a mount of the east.10:31 These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families,after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.10:32 These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after

their generations, in their nations: and by these were thenations divided in the earth after the flood.

Genesis 1111:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of onespeech.[1] {one language} The history of Babel ("confusion")strikingly parallels that of the professing Church. (1)Unity # Ge 11:1 --the Apostolic Church # Ac 4:32,33 (2)Ambition # Ge 11:4 using worldly, not spiritual means # Ge11:3 ending in a man-made unity--the papacy; (3) theconfusion of tongues # Ge 11:7 --Protestantism, with its

innumerable sects. See Note "Isa 13:1"

11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and theydwelt there.11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, andslime had they for morter.


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11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and atower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make usa name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of thewhole earth.11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower,which the children of men builded.

11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, andthey have all one language; and this they begin to do: andnow nothing will be restrained from them, which they haveimagined to do.11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound theirlanguage, that they may not understand one another's speech.11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon theface of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because theLORD did there confound the language of all the earth: andfrom thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the faceof all the earth.

11:10 These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] anhundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after theflood:[1] {generations of Shem} Genesis 11. and 12. mark animportant turning point in the divine dealing. Heretoforethe history has been that of the whole Adamic race. Therehas been neither Jew nor Gentile; all have been one in "thefirst man Adam." Henceforth, in the Scripture record,humanity must be thought of as a vast stream from which God,in the call of Abram and the creation of the nation ofIsrael, has but drawn off a slender rill, through which Hemay at last purify the great river itself. Israel was called

to be a witness to the unity of God in the midst ofuniversal idolatry # De 6:4 Isa 43:10-12 to illustrate theblessedness of serving the true God # De 33:26-29 to receiveand preserve the divine revelations # Ro 3:1,2 De 4:5-8 andto produce the messiah # Ge 3:15 21:12 28:10,14 49:10 2Sa7:16,17 Isa 4:3,4 Mt 1:1

The reader of scripture should hold firmly in mind: (1) thatfrom Gen 12. to Mat 12.45 the Scriptures have primarily inview Israel, the little rill, not the great Gentile river;though again and again the universality of the ultimatedivine intent breaks into view (e.g. # Ge 12:3 Isa 2:2,4

5:26 9:1,2 11:10-12 42:1-6 49:6,12 52:15 54:3 55:5 # Isa60:3,5,11-16 61:6,9 62:2 66:12,18,19 Jer 16:19 Joe 3:9,10Mal 1:11 Ro 9. 10. 11. # Ga 3:8-14 (2) that the human race,henceforth called Gentile in distinction from Israel, goeson under the Adamic and Noahic covenants; and that for therace (outside Israel) the dispensations of Conscience and ofHuman government continue. The moral history of the greatGentile world is told in # Ro 1:21-32 and its moral


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accountability in # Ro 2:1-16 Conscience never acquits: iteither "accuses" or "excuses." Where the law is known to theGentiles it is to them, as to Israel, "a ministration ofdeath," a "curse" # Ro 3:19,20 7:9,10 2Co 3:7 Ga 3:10 Awholly new responsibility arises when either Jew or Gentileknows the Gospel # Joh 3:18,19,36 15:22-24 16:9 1Jo 5:9-12

11:11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundredyears, and begat sons and daughters.11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begatSalah:11:13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundredand three years, and begat sons and daughters.11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:11:15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred andthree years, and begat sons and daughters.11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:11:17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred andthirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:11:19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred andnine years, and begat sons and daughters.11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:11:21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred andseven years, and begat sons and daughters.11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:11:23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundredyears, and begat sons and daughters.11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begatTerah:11:25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and

nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor,and Haran.11:27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begatAbram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land ofhis nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name ofAbram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife,Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and thefather of Iscah.11:30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.

11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haranhis son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his sonAbram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of theChaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came untoHaran, and dwelt there.11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years:and Terah died in Haran.


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Genesis 1212:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thycountry, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house,unto a land that I will shew thee:[1] {Now the Lord} The Fourth Dispensation: Promise. ForAbraham, and his descendants it is evident that the

Abrahamic Covenant See Note "Ge 15:18" made a greatchange. They became distinctively the heirs of promise. Thatcovenant is wholly gracious and unconditional. Thedescendants of Abraham had but to abide in their own land toinherit every blessing. In Egypt they lost their blessings,but not their covenant. The Dispensation of Promise endedwhen Israel rashly accepted the law # Ex 19:8 Grace hadprepared a deliverer (Moses), provided a sacrifice for theguilty, and by divine power brought them out of bondage # Ex19:4 but at Sinai they exchanged grace for law. TheDispensation of Promise extends from Gen 12.1 to Ex 19.8,and was exclusively Israelitish. The dispensation must be

distinguished from the covenant. The former is a mode oftesting; the latter is everlasting because unconditional.The law did not abrogate the Abrahamic Covenant # Ga 3:15-18but was an intermediate disciplinary dealing "till the Seedshould come to whom the promise was made" # Ga 3:19-29 4:1-7Only the dispensation, as a testing of Israel, ended at thegiving of the law. See, for the other six dispensations: See Note "Ge 8:21" INNOCENCE (Ge 1.28); CONSCIENCE (Ge3.23); HUMAN GOVERNMENT (Ge 8.20); LAW (Ex 19.8); GRACE (Jno1.17); KINGDOM (Eph 1.10)

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 ablessing:[2] {And} For analysis and summary of the AbrahamicCovenant, see Ge 15.18. See Note "Ge 15:18"

12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse himthat curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of theearth be blessed.12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; andLot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five yearsold when he departed out of Haran.12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's

son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and thesouls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth togo into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan theycame.12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place ofSichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was]then in the land.12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy


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seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altarunto the LORD, who appeared unto him.12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the eastof Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on thewest, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altarunto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

[1] {Beth-el} One of the sacred places of Canaan, meaning,house of God # Ge 28:1-22 See Note "GE 35.7 It ischaracteristic of all apostasy that Jeroboam chose thissacred place in which to erect an idol # 1Ki 12:28,32 (Cf)1Ki 13.1-5 and of divine judgment upon apostasy that Godshould decree the destruction of Bethel, despite its sacredmemories # 1Ki 13:1-5 2Ki 23:15-17 Am 3:14,15 God neverhesitates to cast aside that which no longer serves Hispurpose # Re 2:5 3:16

12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went

down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was]grievous in the land.[2] {famine} A famine was often a disciplinary testing ofGod's people in the land. (Cf) # Ge 26:1 42:5 Ru 1:1 2Sa24:13 Ps 105:16 The resort to Egypt (the world) is typicalof the tendency to substitute for lost spiritual power thefleshly resources of the world, instead of seeking, throughconfession and amendment, the restoration of God's presenceand favour.

12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enterinto Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I

know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptiansshall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: andthey will kill me, but they will save thee alive.12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may bewell with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because ofthee.12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come intoEgypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] veryfair.12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended herbefore Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's

house.12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he hadsheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, andmaidservants, and she asses, and camels.12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with greatplagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this[that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me


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that she [was] thy wife?12:19 Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might havetaken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take[her], and go thy way.12:20 And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: andthey sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Genesis 1313:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, andall that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.13:2 And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and ingold.13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even toBethel, unto the place where his tent had been at thebeginning, between Bethel and Hai;13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there atthe first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and

herds, and tents.13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they mightdwell together: for their substance was great, so that theycould not dwell together.13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram'scattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaaniteand the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.13:8 And Abram said unto

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