5And 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.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
Commentary
Matthew Henry
(vv. 4-7)In these verses, I. Here is a name given to the Creator which we have not yet met with, and that is Jehovah —the LORD, in capital letters, which are constantly used in our English translation to intimate that in the original it is Jehovah . All along, in the first chapter, he was called Elohim—a God of power ; but now Jehovah Elohim—a God of power and perfection , a finishing God. As we find him k...
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.