Genesis Chapter 1 verse 31 Holy Bible
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day.
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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. Literally, lo! good very! Not simply good, but good exceedingly. It is not man alone that God surveys, but the completed cosmos, with man as its crown and glory, decu, set tutamen. "It is not merely a benediction which he utters, but an expression of admiration, as we may say without any fear of the anthropomorphism - Euge, bone proclare!" (T. Lewis). And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. It seems unnecessary to add that this clay corresponds to the Cainozoic or tertiary era of geology, the Palaeontological remains of which sufficiently attest the truth of the Divine record in asserting that animals were anterior to man in their appearance on the earth, and that man is of comparatively recent origin. The alleged evidence of prehistoric man is too fragmentary and hypothetical to be accepted as conclusive; and yet, so far as the cosmogony of the present chapter is concerned, there is nothing to prevent the belief that man is of a much more remote antiquity than 6000 years. As of the other days, so of this the Chaldean tablets preserve an interesting monument. The saventh in the creation series, of which a fragment was discovered in one of the trenches at Konyunjik, runs: - 1. When the gods in their assembly had created.... 2. Were delightful the strong monsters... 3. They caused to be living creatures... . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) Behold, it was very good.--This final blessing of God's completed work on the Friday must be compared with the final words of Christ spoken of the second creation, upon the same day of the week, when He said "It is finished." Next we must notice that this world was only good until man was placed upon it, but then became very good. This verdict, too, had respect to man as a species, and is not therefore annulled by the fall. In spite, therefore, of the serious responsibilities attendant upon the bestowal of freewill on man, we believe that the world is still for purposes of mercy, and that God not only rejoiced at first, but "shall rejoice in His works" (Psalm 104:31). (Comp. Psalm 85:10; Romans 5:15, &c.)
