Anthropomorphisms

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Figures of speech, which attribute human forms, acts, and affections to God)
• MISCELLANEOUS FIGURESGenesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Genesis 2:19Genesis 6:6Genesis 9:16Genesis 11:5Genesis 11:7Genesis 18:17–19Genesis 18:21Genesis 18:33Genesis 19:29Genesis 22:12Genesis 28:13Genesis 35:13Exodus 2:24Exodus 3:8Exodus 14:24Exodus 20:5Exodus 31:17Exodus 32:14
• ATTRIBUTED TO DEITY
• MemoryIsaiah 43:26Isaiah 63:11
• Assisted by tokensGenesis 9:16
• ReasonIsaiah 1:18
• UnderstandingPsalms 147:5
• WillRomans 9:19
• MISCELLANEOUS ACTS AND STATES OF MIND ATTRIBUTED TO
• WalkingGenesis 3:8Leviticus 26:12Deuteronomy 23:14Job 22:14Habakkuk 3:15
• RestingGenesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Exodus 20:11Exodus 31:17Deuteronomy 5:14Hebrews 4:4Hebrews 4:10
• Does not faintIsaiah 40:28

The passages, in Bible order (68)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:2

   And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:22 voices

   “And on the seventh day God ended his work, which he had made,.... Not that God wrought anything on the seventh day, or finished any part of his work on that day, because he could not then be said to rest from all his work, as be is afterwards twice said to do; and because of this seeming difficulty the Septuagint, Samaritan, and Syriac versions, read, "on the sixth day".

   “On the Seventh day God ended, etc. - It is the general voice of Scripture that God finished the whole of the creation in six days, and rested the seventh! giving us an example that we might labor six days, and rest the seventh from all manual exercises. It is worthy of notice that the Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Samaritan, read the sixth day instead of the seventh; and this should be considered the genuine reading, which appears from these versions to have been originally that of the Hebrew text.

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2. Genesis 2:3

   Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

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   “And God blessed the seventh day - The original word ברך barach, which is generally rendered to bless, has a very extensive meaning. It is frequently used in Scripture in the sense of speaking good of or to a person; and hence literally and properly rendered by the Septuagint ευλογησεν, from ευ, good or well, and λεγω, I speak. So God has spoken well of the Sabbath, and good to them who conscientiously observe it.

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3. Genesis 2:19

   And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:192 voices

   “God brought unto Adam--not all the animals in existence, but those chiefly in his immediate neighborhood to be subservient to his use. whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof--His powers of perception and intelligence were supernaturally enlarged to know the characters, habits, and uses of each species that was brought to him.

   “Here, as in several previous instances Gen 1:5; Gen 2:4, Gen 2:8-9, the narrative reverts to the earlier part of the sixth day. This is, therefore, another example of the connection according to thought overruling that according to time. The order of time, however, is restored, when we take in a sufficient portion of the narrative. We refer, therefore, to the fifth verse, which is the regulative sentence of the present passage.

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4. Genesis 3:8

   Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 3:82 voices

   “What does 'walking' mean in reference to God, who is everywhere? In my opinion God may be said to walk wherever throughout Scripture the presence of God is implied, when we hear that He sees all things and ' the eyes of the Lord are upon the just.' [ Ps 33:16 ] We read, too, that Jesus knew their thoughts and we read: ' Why do you harbor evil thoughts in your hearts?' [ Luke 6:8: Matt 9:4 ] When we reflect, therefore, on these statements, we have a knowledge of God in the act of walking.

   “The voice of the Lord - The voice is properly used here, for as God is an infinite Spirit, and cannot be confined to any form, so he can have no personal appearance. It is very likely that God used to converse with them in the garden, and that the usual time was the decline of the day, לרוח היום leruach haiyom, in the evening breeze; and probably this was the time that our first parents employed in the more solemn acts of their religious worship, at which God was ever present.

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5. Genesis 6:6

   And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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   “And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.

   “And for a very long while wickedness extended and spread, and reached and laid hold upon the whole race of mankind, until a very small seed of righteousness remained among them: and illicit unions took place upon the earth, since angels were united with the daughters of the race of mankind; and they bore to them sons who for their exceeding greatness were called giants.

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6. Genesis 9:16

   And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

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7. Genesis 11:5

   Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

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8. Genesis 11:7

   Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 11:72 voices

   “The imagination of a late writer, that God did not confound their tongues, but their religious worship, is grounded on criticisms concerning the meaning of the Hebrew word, which are absolutely false. Beside, would God confound their religious worship? Surely, He is a God of order, and not of confusion.

   “Go to - A form of speech which, whatever it might have signified formerly, now means nothing. The Hebrew העה habah signifies come, make preparation, as it were for a journey, the execution of a purpose, etc. Almost all the versions understand the word in this way; the Septuagint have δευτε, the Vulgate venite, both signifying come, or come ye. This makes a very good sense, Come, let its go down, etc. For the meaning of these latter words see Gen 1:26, and Gen 18:21.

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9. Genesis 18:17–19

   And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

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   “Shall I hide from Abraham - That is, I will not hide. A common mode of speech in Scripture - a question asked when an affirmative is designed. Do men gather grapes of thorns? Men do not gather grapes of thorns, etc.

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10. Genesis 18:21

    I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

    ›Commentary on Genesis 18:212 voices

    So also now, therefore, it is said of these who live in Sodom, that if indeed, on his examination, "their deeds are completed as the cry" that has ascended to God, they would be considered unworthy. But if there is any conversion among them, if even ten just men might be found among them, so, at last, God would know them. And for this reason the text said, "But if not, that I might know."

    “I will go down now, etc. - A lesson to magistrates, teaching them not to judge according to report, but accurately to inquire into the facts themselves - Jarchi.

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11. Genesis 18:33

    When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 18:331 voice

    “But there were not ten "righteous persons." There was only one, and he might without injustice have perished in the general overthrow (Ec 9:2). But a difference is sometimes made, and on this occasion the grace of God was manifested in a signal manner for the sake of Abraham.

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12. Genesis 19:29

    So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 19:291 voice

    “God remembered Abraham - Though he did not descend lower than ten righteous persons, (see Gen 18:32), yet the Lord had respect to the spirit of his petitions, and spared all those who could be called righteous, and for Abraham’s sake offered salvation to all the family of Lot, though neither his sons-in-law elect nor his own wife ultimately profited by it. The former ridiculed the warning; and the latter, though led out by the hands of the angel, yet by breaking the command of God perished with the other gainsayers.

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13. Genesis 22:12

    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

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    “Lay not thine hand upon the lad - As Isaac was to be the representative of Jesus Christ’s real sacrifice, it was sufficient for this purpose that in his own will, and the will of his father, the purpose of the immolation was complete. Isaac was now fully offered both by his father and by himself. The father yields up the son, the son gives up his life; on both sides, as far as will and purpose could go, the sacrifice was complete. God simply spares the father the torture of putting the knife to his son’s throat.

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14. Genesis 28:13

    And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 28:131 voice

    “I am the Lord God of Abraham - Here God confirms to him the blessing of Abraham, for which Isaac had prayed, Gen 28:3, Gen 28:4.

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15. Genesis 35:13

    Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 35:131 voice

    “And God went up from him - This was not a vision, nor a strong mental impression, but a real manifestation of God. Jacob saw and heard him speak, and before his eyes he went up - ascended to heaven. This was no doubt the future Savior, the Angel of the covenant. See Gen 16:7.

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16. Exodus 2:24

    So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 2:241 voice

    “God remembered his covenant - God’s covenant is God’s engagement; he had promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give their posterity a land flowing with milk and honey, etc. They are now under the most oppressive bondage, and this was the most proper time for God to show them his mercy and power in fulfilling his promise. This is all that is meant by God’s remembering his covenant, for it was now that he began to give it its effect.

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