Darby Translation NotesGenesis 1

1:1 God (a-4) Heb. Elohim, the plural of Eloah, 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. Elohim will, in the text, appear only in the name of Jehovah Elohim; moreover, when Elohim following immediately on Jehovah has a grammatical adjunct, its place will be taken by the English word 'God'. see Gen. 9.26 and 24.7. Other Hebrew divine names translated as 'God' will be indicated as follows. Eloah +God; El, (meaning 'The Mighty,' see Gen. 14.18), *God. For the meaning of Jehovah, (Heb. Yahveh, or Yehveh), the ever-existing One, see Ex. 3.14,15; Isa. 40.28. For Jah, the existing One objectively, see Ex. 15.2; Ps. 68.4. The name seems to express absolute rather than continuous existence. For Adonai (a name of God, not merely a title), translated 'Lord', see Ezek. 2.4.

1:2 waste (b-5) See Isa. 34.11; 45.18.

1:5 day. (c-24) Or 'one day.'

1:14 lights (d-7) Lit. 'light-bearers.'

1:15 lights (d-6) Lit. 'light-bearers.'

1:16 lights, (d-7) light (d-10) light (d-18) Lit. 'light-bearers.'

1:17 set (e-3) Lit. 'gave.'

1:20 in (a-20) Lit. 'on the face of.'

1:21 monsters, (b-7) The word applies to rivers as well as to the sea, and is also used for crocodiles, serpents. see Ex. 7.9.

1:26 man (c-7) Or 'men,' 'mankind.' adam, earthy.

1:27 Man (d-4) The Adam, Man, as a race. It will be spelled with a capital, to avoid repetition of the note.

1:28 moveth (e-42) Or 'creepeth;' and so elsewhere. Ch. 8.17,19.