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This observation will be of general use in considering the various places where the word occurs in the sacred writings. And when man is said to bless God, it ever implies that he speaks good Of him, for the giving and fulfillment of his promises. When God is said to bless, either in the Old or New Testament, it signifies his speaking good To man and this comprises the whole of his exceeding great and precious promises. Blessing is applied both to God and man: when God is said to bless, we generally understand by the expression that he communicates some good but when man is said to bless God, we surely cannot imagine that he bestows any gifts or confers any benefit on his Maker. So God has spoken well of the Sabbath, and good to them who conscientiously observe it. It is frequently used in Scripture in the sense of speaking good of or to a person and hence literally and properly rendered by the Septuagint ОµП…О»ОїОіО·ПѓОµОЅ, from ОµП…, good or well, and О»ОµОіП‰, I speak.

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When these numeral letters became changed for words at full length, two letters nearly similar might be mistaken for each other Ч• vau stands for six, Ч– zain for seven how easy to mistake these letters for each other when writing the words at full length, and so give birth to the reading in question.ДЄnd God blessed the seventh day - The original word Ч‘ЧЁЧљ barach, which is generally rendered to bless, has a very extensive meaning. This is the case in the most ancient Greek and Latin MSS., and in almost all the rabbinical writings. It is very likely that in ancient times all the numerals were signified by letters, and not by words at full length. How the word sixth became changed into seventh may be easily conceived from this circumstance. It is worthy of notice that the Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Samaritan, read the sixth day instead of the seventh and this should be considered the genuine reading, which appears from these versions to have been originally that of the Hebrew text.

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It is the general voice of Scripture that God finished the whole of the creation in six days, and rested the seventh! giving us an example that we might labor six days, and rest the seventh from all manual exercises. This translation must impress the reader with a very favorable opinion of these ancient Greek translators had they not examined the works of God with a philosophic eye, they never could have given this turn to the original. And this refers to the beautiful order, harmony, and regularity which subsist among the various parts of creation. From the Septuagint version of this place, ПЂО±П‚ ОїМ” ОєОїПѓОјОїП‚ О±П…П„П‰ОЅ, all their ornaments, we learn the true meaning of the word ОєОїПѓОјОїП‚, commonly translated world, which signifies a decorated or adorned whole or system. From the original word Ч¦Ч‘Чђ tsaba, a host, some suppose the Sabeans had their name, because of their paying Divine honors to the heavenly bodies. The purity and innocence of our first parents, Gen 2:25.ДЄnd all the host of them - The word host signifies literally an army, composed of a number of companies of soldiers under their respective leaders and seems here elegantly applied to the various celestial bodies in our system, placed by the Divine wisdom under the influence of the sun. The institution of marriage, Gen 2:23, Gen 2:24. The creation of the woman, Gen 2:21, Gen 2:22. The different animals brought to Adam that he might assign them their names, Gen 2:19, Gen 2:20. God purposes to form a companion for the man, Gen 2:18. Adam placed in the garden, and the command given not to eat of the tree of knowledge on pain of death, Gen 2:15-17. Its rivers, and the countries watered by them, Gen 2:10-14. A recapitulation of the six days' work of creation, Gen 2:4-7. The seventh day is consecrated for a sabbath, and the reasons assigned, Gen 2:1-3. Sacred Texts Bible Bible Commentary IndexД¬ommentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke,, at

Genesis chapter 2 explained