Passage Research
Genesis 1 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Genesis 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 31
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 24
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִין | mîyn | H4327 | 10 | sort, species |
| רָקִיעַ | râqîyaʻ | H7549 | 9 | expanse, firmament |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 11 | water, juice |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 10 | sky, aloft |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H215 | 8 | illumination, luminary |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 8 | alive, raw |
| עוֹף | ʻôwph | H5775 | 6 | bird |
How preachers through history handled this text
24 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 1:6–13 (Public Domain)
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