*2:2 Quoted in Heb 4:4
†2:3 Day 7: God rests and appreciates his creation; He spoke and, in obedience, creation came into being (Col 1:12-17). In Hebrew, shavat means ·rested·; this is why the seventh day is called Shabbat ·repose, desist· (Ex. 20:11).
‡2:5 There was no 'adam ·human· to till the 'adamah ·ground·
§2:7 Quoted in 1 Cor 15:45
*2:7 Day 6b: God yatzar ·formed, framed· the 'adam ·human· from the ground dust. God breathes the nish'mat chayim ·breaths of lives· into the human and the human becomes a nefesh chai ·soul living·. Unique to other creatures with a living soul, humans are given both soul and spirit, that is physical life and spiritual life united.
†2:9 Quoted in Rev 2:7
‡2:9 Day 6a: God creates various plants to populate the earth. In a special place, Gan-'Eden ·Garden Paradise, Garden Delight·, God interacts with the first humans. In this place is the 'etz chai ·tree of life· and the tree of knowledge of tov v' rah ·good and evil·. Humans are given both work and sustenance.
§2:17 This is an example of yom being used as an indefinite day in the future. What type of death was God making reference to?
*2:18 This is the first time God has identified something lo-tov ·not good·, everything else God made was declared tov ·good·, even the tree of knowledge. What does this unique statement “not good” tell us?
†2:19 God invites Adam to create in a similar fashion as God did; Adam is allowed to declare for each animal a unique name, the name identifies an essential character of each animal.
‡2:23 With Hebrew inserted: “(v22) Adonai God fashioned an 'ishah ·wife woman· from the rib which had taken from the 'adam ·man·, and brought her to the 'adam. (v23) The man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called “'ishah ·wife woman·,” because she was taken out of 'ish ·husband man·.’ ”
§2:23 Adam [Human, Red earth] makes an astounding statement, repeating what God had said. It takes an 'ishah ·wife woman· to make an 'adam ·male, human· into a 'ish ·husband man·.
*2:24 Quoted in Matt 19:5; Mark 10:7-8; 1 Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31
†2:24 From this verse, we see and know that “marriage” was established by God.
‡2:25 Day 6b: God formed the male out of dust, God banah fashioned the female out of his rib to be a helpmate; she is not above him nor below him, she is equal from his side. God establishes marriage as a reflection of His own characteristics in unity and blesses intimacy in marriage.