Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Be fruitful, etc.—The human race in every country and age has been the offspring of the first pair. Amid all the varieties found among men, some black, some copper-colored, others white, the researches of modern science lead to a conclusion, fully accordant with the sacred history, that they are all of one species and of one family (Acts 17:26). What power in the word of God! "He spake and it was done. He commanded and all things stood fast" [Psalms 33:9]. "Great and manifold are thy works, Lord God Almighty! in wisdom hast thou made them all" [Psalms 104:24]. We admire that wisdom, not only in the regular progress of creation, but in its perfect adaptation to the end. God is represented as pausing at every stage to look at His work. No wonder He contemplated it with complacency. Every object was in its right place, every vegetable process going on in season, every animal in its structure and instincts suited to its mode of life and its use in the economy of the world. He saw everything that He had made answering the plan which His eternal wisdom had conceived; and, "Behold it was very good" [Genesis 1:31].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 1:28:
Genesis 1:24
Genesis 9:1
Psalms 8:5-8
Jeremiah 27:6
Daniel 2:38
Daniel 4:30
Daniel 6:28
Daniel 7:13
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