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--- nsv:torah:genesis_1 [2026/07/20 06:18] – appledog
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 [4] separating -- Knowing God through his actions, we see that one of God's actions is the act of separating the light (which was found to be good) from the darkness. Therefore, one of God's actions is to choose good over what is not good.
-[4d] between and between -- This follows the Hebrew word order and supports cross references and commentary such as Isaiah 45:7. Also see 1:7, 1:14 etc. which has the same "ū-ḇên" (and between) as noted.)]
+[4d] between and between -- This follows the Hebrew word order and supports cross references and commentary such as Isaiah 45:7. Also see 1:7, 1:14 etc. which has the same "ū-ḇên" (and between) as noted.
 [5e] day one -- The Hebrew text uses the ordinal number 'one' versus the cardinal number 'first' to indicate God's oneness; the grammar is different than the other markings such as 'the second day'.
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 [2b] Deuteronomy 32:10-11
-[26] Leviticus 11:44-45, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 20:7, 1 Peter 1:16
 [6a] v.7,8,14,15,17, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 150:1, Ezekiel 1:22,23,25,26, Ezekiel 10:1, Daniel 12:3.
 [6a] 'firmament' later referred to in v. 26, 28, 30 and other places ex. ‘ō-wp̄ haš-šā-ma-yim "birds of the air"
+[26] Leviticus 11:44-45, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 20:7, 1 Peter 1:16
 == Commentary
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 h.ורמש — It means creeping swarms that creep low upon the ground; they appear as though they are dragged along, for how they move is not discernible. What we call רמש and שרץ in our (Hebrew) language, they call in old French mouvoir; English to move.
-=== [25] "...made..." ===
+=== [25] "...made..."
 h.ויעש AND HE MADE — He formed them with their full volition and in their full stature (Chullin 60a).
-=== [26] "...we will make man..." ===
+=== [26] "...we will make man..."
 h.נעשה אדם WE WILL MAKE MAN — The meekness of the Holy One, blessed be He, they (the Rabbis) learned from here: because the man is in the likeness of the angels and they might envy him, therefore He took counsel with them (Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot [18] and see Genesis Rabbah 8). And when He judges the kings He likewise consults His heavenly council, for thus we find in the case of Ahab to whom Micha said, (1 Kings 22:19) “I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.” Has God, then, a right hand and a left hand? But it means that some stood on the right side to plead in favour of the accused and others stood on the left side to accuse; and similarly we read (Daniel 4:14), “the matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones”, — here, also, He consulted His heavenly council and asked permission of them, saying to them: “There are in the heavens beings after My likeness; if there will not be on earth also beings after My likeness, there will be envy among the beings that I have created” (Sanhedrin 38b).
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 h.וירדו בדגת הים AND THEY SHALL HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH … [AND OVER THE BEASTS] — The expression וירדו may imply dominion as well as descending — if he is worthy he dominates over the beasts and cattle, if he is not worthy he will sink lower than them, and the beast will rule over him (Genesis Rabbah 8:12).
-=== [27] "...so Good created Man in his image..."
+=== [27] "...so God created Man in his image..."
 h.ויברא אלהים את האדם בצלמו SO GOD CREATED THE MAN IN HIS IMAGE —in the type that was specially made for him, for everything else was created by a creative fiat, whilst he was brought into existence by a creative act (literally, by hand), as it is said (Psalms 139:5) “And Thou hast laid thy hand upon me.” He was made by a seal as a coin that is made by a die that is called in old French coin. It is similarly said, (Job 28:14) “it is changed as clay under the seal” (Sanhedrin 38a).