Why there is no mention of the word Good on the second day?

[Ivan-Michael]

And God saw that it was good.
On every day apart from the second day of creation God said that it was Good, and on the third day He saw that it was Good twice.
What happened or didn't happen on the second day? Why Good is not mentioned.
Monday blues?

 

[JayJayDee]

I think you need to read Gen ch 1 again.

5 "And God began calling the light Day, but the darkness he called Night. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a first day."

8 "And God began to call the expanse Heaven. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a second day."

13 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a third day."

19 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fourth day."

23 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fifth day."

31 "After that God saw everything he had made and, look! [it was] very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a sixth day."

I think he was pretty pleased with the whole exercise. Only at the end of day six did he declare everything not just "good" but "very good".

They are all there....the only one that is missing is the conclusion of the seventh day. I believe that is because it hasn't come to its completion yet.

 

[Benoni]

I think you need to read Gen ch 1 again.

5 "And God began calling the light Day, but the darkness he called Night. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a first day."

8 "And God began to call the expanse Heaven. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a second day."

13 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a third day."

19 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fourth day."

23 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fifth day."

31 "After that God saw everything he had made and, look! [it was] very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a sixth day."

I think he was pretty pleased with the whole exercise. Only at the end of day six did he declare everything not just "good" but "very good".

They are all there....the only one that is missing is the conclusion of the seventh day. I believe that is because it hasn't come to its completion yet.

Very deep spiriual point. The seventh day God rested.

 

[Tumah]

I think you need to read Gen ch 1 again.

5 "And God began calling the light Day, but the darkness he called Night. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a first day."

8 "And God began to call the expanse Heaven. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a second day."

13 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a third day."

19 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fourth day."

23 "And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fifth day."

31 "After that God saw everything he had made and, look! [it was] very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a sixth day."

I think he was pretty pleased with the whole exercise. Only at the end of day six did he declare everything not just "good" but "very good".

They are all there....the only one that is missing is the conclusion of the seventh day. I believe that is because it hasn't come to its completion yet.

I don't think your answer addresses the question here.

4 And G-d saw the light, that is was good... (Day 1)

10 ... and G-d saw that it was good (Day 3)

12 ...and G-d saw that it was good (Day 3)

18 ...and G-d saw that it was good (Day 4)

21 ...and G-d saw that it was good (Day 5)

31 And G-d saw everything that he had done (ASaH) and behold [it was] very good (Day 6)

He is asking why Day 2 didn't get an honorable mention.

Also, I'm not sure I can agree with you regarding Day 7. The first 6 days is G-d seeing what he did and commenting that it was good. It could be that doing can be associated with good as in Psalm 34:15 "Depart from evil and do (ASeH) good." Day 7 is identified not by what was done on it, but by what was not done on it. There is nothing to see that was good. Instead the day itself is blessed and sanctified.

 

[Ivan-Michael]

Still, why 'and god saw that it was "good"was not written on the second day?
Perhaps this concept described as Eloim had some unfinished buiness on the second day but completed the 'mission',Task, on the first half of the third day?
Isn't that the 'official' story?
Perhaps the second day serves as a period of waiting?
There wan't a clear cut outcome, a gestating period?

 

[CMike]

Still, why 'and god saw that it was "good"was not written on the second day?
Perhaps this concept described as Eloim had some unfinished buiness on the second day but completed the 'mission',Task, on the first half of the third day?
Isn't that the 'official' story?
Perhaps the second day serves as a period of waiting?
There wan't a clear cut outcome, a gestating period?

This is what Rashi says about it.

http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8165#showrashi=true

above the expanse: It does not say, “on the expanse,” but “above the expanse,” because they [the waters] are suspended in the air (Mid. Ps. 19:4). Now why does it not say, “that it was good” on the second day? Because the work involving the water was not completed until the third day, although He commenced it on the second day, and an unfinished thing is not in its fullness and its goodness; and on the third day, when He completed the work involving the water and He commenced and completed another work, He repeated therein“that it was good” twice (sic): once for the completion of the work of the second day and once for the completion of the work of that [third] day. — [Gen. Rabbah 4:6]

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I don't think your answer addresses the question here. …. He is asking why Day 2 didn't get an honorable mention.

Also, I'm not sure I can agree with you regarding Day 7. The first 6 days is G-d seeing what he did and commenting that it was good. It could be that doing can be associated with good as in Psalm 34:15 "Depart from evil and do (ASeH) good." Day 7 is identified not by what was done on it, but by what was not done on it. There is nothing to see that was good. Instead the day itself is blessed and sanctified.

According to Genesis Rabba:

"How is it," asked an inquisitive matron of Rabbi José, "that your Scriptures crown every day of creation with the words: 'And God saw that it was good,' but the second day is deprived of this phrase?" The Rabbi sought to satisfy her by pointing out that at the end of the creation it is said: "And God saw all that he had made, and it was exceedingly good," so that the second day shares in this commendation. "But," insisted the matron, "there is still an unequal division, since every day has an additional sixth part of the praise, whilst the second day has only the sixth part without the whole one, which the others have for themselves." The sage then mentioned the opinion of Rabbi Samuel, that the reason for the omission is to be found in the fact that the work begun on the second day was not finished before the following (the third) day; hence we find the expression "it was good" twice on that day.​

Works for me ...

 

[CMike]

Matron of Rabbi Jose?

 

[outhouse]

Very deep spiriual point. The seventh day God rested.

:biglaugh:


because we all know gods get very very tired with all this humanity stuff

 

[Benoni]

:biglaugh:


because we all know gods get very very tired with all this humanity stuff

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated. :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

 

[CMike]

:biglaugh:


because we all know gods get very very tired with all this humanity stuff

Actually it was an example of what G-D wanted us jews to do.

That's how he teaches.

 

[JayJayDee]

This is what Rashi says about it.

Genesis - Chapter 1 (Parshah Berei****) - Tanakh Online - Torah - Bible

above the expanse: It does not say, “on the expanse,” but “above the expanse,” because they [the waters] are suspended in the air (Mid. Ps. 19:4). Now why does it not say, “that it was good” on the second day? Because the work involving the water was not completed until the third day, although He commenced it on the second day, and an unfinished thing is not in its fullness and its goodness; and on the third day, when He completed the work involving the water and He commenced and completed another work, He repeated therein“that it was good” twice (sic): once for the completion of the work of the second day and once for the completion of the work of that [third] day. — [Gen. Rabbah 4:6]

I agree, this is what Genesis states. :yes:

"And God went on to say: “Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the waters.” 7 Then God proceeded to make the expanse and to make a division between the waters that should be beneath the expanse and the waters that should be above the expanse. And it came to be so. 8 And God began to call the expanse Heaven. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a second day.
9 And God went on to say: “Let the waters under the heavens be brought together into one place and let the dry land appear.” And it came to be so. 10 And God began calling the dry land Earth, but the bringing together of the waters he called Seas. Further, God saw that [it was] good." (Gen 1:6-9)

"12...Then God saw that [it was] good. 13 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a third day."



The declaration is there but it is carried over into the next period when the separating of the waters above the earth and on the earth were completed.

Then it is summed up by the declaration at the end of day six...."Everything was very good". God was well pleased with the sum total of everything he had accomplished.

 

[Ivan-Michael]

Actually it was an example of what G-D wanted us jews to do.

That's how he teaches.

No where in the hebrew bible were Jews mentioned.

 

[JayJayDee]

No where in the hebrew bible were Jews mentioned.

"That Chanani, one of my achim, came, he and certain men, from Yehudah (Judah) ; and I asked them concerning the remnant of the Yehudim (Jews) that had survived the Exile [the Golus], and concerning Yerushalayim." (Neh 1:2 Orthodox Jewish Bible)

"Jews" are persons belonging to the tribe of Judah. Jesus himself was a "Jew".

As such, they are mentioned extensively in the Hebrew scriptures.

"Jew" isn't exactly a Hebrew word.

 

[Ivan-Michael]

God couldn't finish what he had set out to accomplish on the second day? So God is not all that potent is he?
Unless the bible is talking about something slightly different, the gestation period is the growing of the fetus in the womb of the mother.
On the first day it was the the mother (heaven) and father (earth) having sex, creating a baby,
Not for nothing it says that 'the earth was wondering and bewildered'( תֹהוּ וָבֹה&#1493, not 'void and without form'. that is the English translation which is misleading.
And why was the earth the only one to be תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ why wasn't the Heaven in the same state?
Think for yourself and you will see the act.
Inside the cave of the woman נְקֵבָה the port, the male, the ship, off load its cargo.
And there was light.
Light - אוֹר Or, = All spin and vibrate.
When the sperm penetrates the egg inside the woman's cave, a 'big bang', an explosion occurs.
Life begins.
But on the following 9 months period there is no result, it's a waiting period, waiting for the baby to come out.
That is the reason the Elohim (God) did not see that it was good, he was waiting, nothing to do but wait.
6. Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
That is the membrane inside the womb, where the baby is formed, separating the waters above and below.
Maxim of law: 'The land and everything on the land is land'.
When baby emerges from the womb, born on the water, there is a separation of 'Land' (baby) and water (mother), but not entirely, there is still a period of suckling, wet nursing, it takes a bit of time and the baby grows to be a 'Child'. (Child under land laws=still born-dead-corpus)
Second part of the 'third day':
When we reach around 9 years old the Hormone system begins to appear in the form of grass and trees on our bodies, the land, and the fruit (the concept of YHVH) develops and matures.
According to the Talmud a 9 year old can testify in court, why? Because YHVH, the 'fruit', resides in him.

 

[JayJayDee]

God couldn't finish what he had set out to accomplish on the second day? So God is not all that potent is he?
Unless the bible is talking about something slightly different, the gestation period is the growing of the fetus in the womb of the mother.
On the first day it was the the mother (heaven) and father (earth) having sex, creating a baby,
Not for nothing it says that 'the earth was wondering and bewildered'( תֹהוּ וָבֹה&#1493, not 'void and without form'. that is the English translation which is misleading.
And why was the earth the only one to be תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ why wasn't the Heaven in the same state?
Think for yourself and you will see the act.
Inside the cave of the woman נְקֵבָה the port, the male, the ship, off load its cargo.
And there was light.
Light - אוֹר Or, = All spin and vibrate.
When the sperm penetrates the egg inside the woman's cave, a 'big bang', an explosion occurs.
Life begins.
But on the following 9 months period there is no result, it's a waiting period, waiting for the baby to come out.
That is the reason the Elohim (God) did not see that it was good, he was waiting, nothing to do but wait.
6. Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
That is the membrane inside the womb, where the baby is formed, separating the waters above and below.
Maxim of law: 'The land and everything on the land is land'.
When baby emerges from the womb, born on the water, there is a separation of 'Land' (baby) and water (mother), but not entirely, there is still a period of suckling, wet nursing, it takes a bit of time and the baby grows to be a 'Child'. (Child under land laws=still born-dead-corpus)
Second part of the 'third day':
When we reach around 9 years old the Hormone system begins to appear in the form of grass and trees on our bodies, the land, and the fruit (the concept of YHVH) develops and matures.
According to the Talmud a 9 year old can testify in court, why? Because YHVH, the 'fruit', resides in him.

Well, that is very imaginative, not to mention interpretive....but it is not what is recorded in scripture.

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. So there was evening, and there was morning, one day." (Gen 1:1-5 Complete Jewish Bible)

I like the Bible's version better.

 

[CMike]

No where in the hebrew bible were Jews mentioned.

Oy vey.

 

[jtartar]

And God saw that it was good.
On every day apart from the second day of creation God said that it was Good, and on the third day He saw that it was Good twice.
What happened or didn't happen on the second day? Why Good is not mentioned.
Monday blues?

Ivan=Michael,
I had never noticed that the word good was not mentioned in the creations of the second day.
You can believe that it was not for any particular purpose, because EVERYTHING that God did was GOOD, in fact VERY GOOD, Gen 1:31.
Another point of interest is the fact that there is no mention of an end of the seventh day. The reason for this is; we are still in that SEVENTH DAY!!
Another thing to reason on is; most people, me included, believe that we are living in the very last days of this old system of things, or some Bibles say world. The term world here is speaking about the end of the world that Jesus' followers, CHRISTIANS, are no part of, John 17:13-18. The actual WORLD will NEVER end, Ecc 1:4, Ps 37:29.
If we are living in the last days, each of the days of creation must be 7,000 years long!!! Why? because the Bible gives a definite time period from the destruction of Babylon, in 539BC, bact to the creation of Adam, in 4026BC. This means that mankind has been on earth almost 6,040 years. The last 1,000 years is The 1,000 year Judgement Day, and also the time that Satan will be in the Abyss, Rev 20:1-10. Adam was created toward the end of the sixth creative day. This means that we are very near the end of this old world, and the start of Jesus' 1,000 year judgement Day reign.

 

[Ivan-Michael]

Ivan=Michael,
I had never noticed that the word good was not mentioned in the creations of the second day.
You can believe that it was not for any particular purpose, because EVERYTHING that God did was GOOD, in fact VERY GOOD, Gen 1:31.
Another point of interest is the fact that there is no mention of an end of the seventh day. The reason for this is; we are still in that SEVENTH DAY!!
Another thing to reason on is; most people, me included, believe that we are living in the very last days of this old system of things, or some Bibles say world. The term world here is speaking about the end of the world that Jesus' followers, CHRISTIANS, are no part of, John 17:13-18. The actual WORLD will NEVER end, Ecc 1:4, Ps 37:29.
If we are living in the last days, each of the days of creation must be 7,000 years long!!! Why? because the Bible gives a definite time period from the destruction of Babylon, in 539BC, bact to the creation of Adam, in 4026BC. This means that mankind has been on earth almost 6,040 years. The last 1,000 years is The 1,000 year Judgement Day, and also the time that Satan will be in the Abyss, Rev 20:1-10. Adam was created toward the end of the sixth creative day. This means that we are very near the end of this old world, and the start of Jesus' 1,000 year judgement Day reign.

Everything you said is good but it is part of the fantasy
reality is slightly different and more down to earth.
What do you really know?
Do you know something happened long ago?
Emphatic NO! You were told.
Open your eyes and see what is in front of you, not in your induced hypnotism.
The bible is not a fantasy book, if only we could read it correctly.
The seventh day is when we return our souls to wherever they came from, check the word on the seventh day: Va Yi Na Fash= the breath is going out,
It does not talk about R&R but eternal rest.
As for the end of days; we are approaching the end of days of Noah (the pleasant emperor) 2016.
Noah lived 950 years. Do the math and find out when he was born, according to those who wrote this current version of the bible, which, btw, was not that long ago.
One of the reasons we cannot see the play is because they told us it happene at such and such a time and we blindly believe that it happened long ago, where in fact the scenes in the bible are played in front of our eyes today, everyday.
This is called; time manipulation, the veil of Isis, 4th dimention, the circular disc of Isis represent the sun and we believe the bible is talking about a 'golden calf', no it does not.
Eggel masecha (golden calf), in hebrew it spells round disc, or round mask, round veil.
Who claimed time? Those who meassured time.

 

[Ivan-Michael]

Well, that is very imaginative, not to mention interpretive....but it is not what is recorded in scripture.

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. So there was evening, and there was morning, one day." (Gen 1:1-5 Complete Jewish Bible)

I like the Bible's version better.

First, scripture is a script, a script is like a recipe for making cake but here it is for the stage play which we are part of throughout our lives.
You need to know the meaning of the word Elohim (god)
you need to know the concept of water, heaven, earth, land, fruit
if you fall back on the information you were given without knowing the concepts and their meaning you are open to deception.
This is exactly what happened to everyone,
Do not listen to your teachers, rabbis, bible interpreters etc. they are all working for the emperor (lord god), even if the emperor's office is empty there is the presumption it is still alive and they all work for the 'crown'.