Gen 1:20-22, Job 38:41, 39:13-18, 26-30, Psa 104:12, 147:9, Mat 6:26 | TSK | STEP | Let the waters. moving. or, creeping. life. Heb. a living soul. fowl that may fly. Heb. let fowl fly.This marginal reading is more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage with ch. 2:19. The word fowl, from the Saxon {fleon,} to fly, exactly corresponds to the original, which denotes every thing that flies, whether bird or insect. open firmament. Heb. face of the firmament.

Genesis 1:20-22

Let the waters.

22; 2:19; 8:17; Ps 104:24,25; 148:10; Ac 17:25

moving. or, creeping.

life. Heb. a living soul.

fowl that may fly. Heb. let fowl fly.This marginal reading is more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage with ch. 2:19. The word fowl, from the Saxon {fleon,} to fly, exactly corresponds to the original, which denotes every thing that flies, whether bird or insect.

open firmament. Heb. face of the firmament.

7,14

great.

6:20; 7:14; 8:19; Job 7:12; 26:5; Ps 104:24-26; Eze 32:2; Jon 1:17

Jon 2:10; Mt 12:40

brought.

8:17; 9:7; Ex 1:7; 8:3

God saw.

18,25,31

28; 8:17; 9:1; 30:27,30; 35:11; Le 26:9; Job 40:15; 42:12; Ps 107:31,38

Ps 128:3; 144:13,14; Pr 10:22

Job 38:41

Ps 104:27,28; 147:9; Mt 6:26; Lu 12:24

Job 39:13-18

peacocks.

1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21

wings and feathers unto the. or, the feathers of the storkand.

30:29; *marg:

Le 11:19; Ps 104:17; Jer 8:7; Zec 5:9

hardened.

La 4:3

as.

De 28:56,57; 1Ki 3:26,27; 2Ki 6:28,29; La 2:20; Ro 1:31

her labour.

Ec 10:15; Hab 2:13

17:4; 35:11; De 2:30; 2Ch 32:31; Isa 19:11-14; 57:17; Jas 1:17

7,22; 5:22; 41:29; 2Ki 19:21

Job 39:26-30

the hawk.{Netz,} Arabic {naz,} Latin {nisus,} the hawk, so called from {natzah,} to shoot away, fly, because of the rapidity of its flight. It probably comprehends various species of the falcon family, as the ger-falcon, goshawk, and sparrowhawk.

Le 16:11; De 14:15

stretch.Is it through thy teaching that the falcon, or any other bird of passage, knows the precise time for taking flight, and the direction in which she is to go to arrive at a warmer climate?

So 2:12; Jer 8:7

the eagle.

Ex 19:4; Le 11:13; Ps 103:5; Pr 23:5; Isa 40:31; Ho 8:1

at thy command. Heb. by thy mouth. make.

Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4

upon.

1Sa 14:4

she.

9:26

her.The eagle is proverbial for her strong and clear sight.

where.

Eze 39:17-19; Mt 24:28; Lu 17:37