male and female, &c. This clause is repeated from Genesis 1:27.

blessed them From Genesis 1:27. The words of the command, "be fruitful and multiply," &c., which accompanied the blessing, are not repeated; they are implied in the genealogy that follows.

called their name Adam Better than marg. "called their name Man." That God gave the name "man" (Heb. adam) is not recorded in ch. 1. The proper name is probably here intended; but, if so, we should read "hisname," as the LXX, τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

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