Genesis 1:3

And God said,.... This phrase is used, nine times in this account of the creation; it is admired by Longinus the Heathen in his treatise "of the Sublime", as a noble instance of it; and it is most…

And God said, Let there be light - הי אור ויהי אור Yehi or, vaihi or. Nothing can be conceived more dignified than this form of expression. It argues at once uncontrollable authority, and omnific…

We have here a further account of the first day's work, in which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light; not that by it he himself might see to work (for the…

The First Day

3. And God said Observe here that the spoken Word is the only means employed throughout the six days" Creation, cf. Psa 33:6; Psa 33:9, "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made.……