2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)I. His creation, Gen. 5:1 , 2 , where we have a brief rehearsal of what was before at large related concerning the creation of man. This is what we have need frequently to hear of and carefully to acquaint ourselves with. Observe here, 1. That God created man . Man is not his own maker, therefore he must not be his own master; but the Author of his being must be the director of his motions and the…
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