so, but there is a further change of language in the third verse, 
and the verses which follow, as compared with the first verse, 
which has been noticed by Amyraldus, in Wagenseil, and which 
is worthy of attention. In the bringing the earth into order, 
we have again and again the curious formula, “And God 
said.” 
Amongst men, it is more significant of power to effect one’s 
purpose without the intervention of words. To produce results, 
visible to others, by a simple nod, or by an exercise of will, 
unaccompanied by outward signs, is more imposing and im- 
pressive than to do so by an exercise of intermediate gestures 
or commands. And yet, in the case of God Almighty, although 
it would be difficult to say to whom the words were addressed, 
or for whose sake they were uttered, we are told that the 
commands were expressed, as we should say, aloud. 
In the Gospels, we are told expressly that certain words, 
which Jesus Christ our Lord spoke, were littered aloud for the 
henefit of those who heard. “I knew that Thou hearest Me 
always; but because of the people which stand by I said it, that 
they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” But, in the case 
Eccl. iii. 20. — All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all 
turn to dust again. 
“i syn -isyn nm ms mpo ?s “iSh bun. 
rci TrctVTCt ele tottov era , t a tuivtci c.ykvtTO enro tov X°°£> kcti ra 
navra eViorpei^ri £<c rov ypvv. 
Omnia pergunt ad unum locum; de terra facta sunt, et in 
terrain pariter revertuntur. 
Es fabret alles an einem Ort; es ist alles von Staub gemacht, 
und wird wieder zu Staub. 
Tout va en un meme lieu : tout a ete tir<5 de la poudre, et ton 
retourne dans la poudre. 
Jonah iv. 10. — Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thon 
hast not laboured, neither madest it grow ; which came up 
in a night, and perished in a night, 
mx nV 1 ? pi nm n 1 ?' 1 ? ps>>. 
7} eyen'iOi] v~o yvicra Kcti vtto vvKra cnrinXero. 
Quae sub una nocte nata est, et sub una nocte periit. 
Welcher in einer Nacht ward, und in einer Nacht verdarb. 
Oar il est venu en une nuit, et en une nuit il est peri. 
Compare also Dathe’s note (Gen. i. 2). 
“ Yau ante yiXn non potest verti per et, nam refertur ad v. 1. 
ubi narratum fait, terrain aeque ac coelum a Deo esse creatam. 
Jam pergit v. 2. de terra, earn, incertum quo tempore, insignem 
subiisse mutationem. Igitur Yau per posted et explicandum, uti 
saepe, e.g. Numb. v. 23, Deut. i. 19.” 
