Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
Joseph S. Exell
Genesis 1
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:1 . In the beginning ] Or, “at first,” “originally,” “to start with:” Sept. en archê (εν αρχῃ) as in John 1:1 . God ] Heb. ’Elohim (אֱלֹהִים): w. ref. to this frequent and interesting Divine Name, note (1.) its radical conception —that of POWER ; (2.)…
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