And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
God's word goes forth not to the waters but to the earth, commanding it to bring forth cattle, reptiles, and wild beasts, each according to its kind. The act receives God's approval as good, yet no blessing is pronounced here; the author hastens onward because man's creation, announced by decree rather than command, crowns the whole work.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:24-31
God's work is perfect because He sees all and makes all; omniscience cannot be separated from omnipotence. When we review our own work, we find much amiss, but when God reviewed His, all was very good, flawless, exactly as He willed it, the whole thing excellently made.
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God took survey of His finished work as workmen do, not because anything could be amiss, but to display the completeness and excellency of what He had made. The phrase is stronger here than on any other day: very good, because man, the chief work, was made upright and holy, bearing His image.
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