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Meredith G. Kline is famous in the Reformed community for his teaching and writings in the area of biblical and covenant theology. In the mid-1990s, just after Kline finished writing what is considered to be his magnum opus (a study of the book of Genesis called Kingdom Prologue), he wrote a brief commentary on the same biblical text. Genesis: A New Commentary was not published during his...

God created (v. 21). The original verb of creation4 in v. 1 is used again with the first mention of living creatures, those animated by the breath of life (v. 20; cf. 1:24, 30; 9:10, 16). ➢ Like day three, day six includes two divine works: animals (vv. 24, 25) and man (vv. 26–28). Given dominion over the land-realm of day three, the animals would receive its produce as tribute (cf. v. 30). ➢ Let us make (v. 26). God’s creative fiat was addressed to the angels of his heavenly temple-court
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