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

   “(Chapter 2, Verse 2) And on the sixth day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Therefore, we will refute the Jews, who boast of the rest of the Sabbath, because even then, at the beginning, the Sabbath was dissolved, since God works on the Sabbath, completing his work in it, and blessing the day itself: because in it he has completed everything.

   “Further, He says to them, "Your new moons and your Sabbath I cannot endure." Ye perceive how He speaks: Your present Sabbaths are not acceptable to Me, but that is which I have made, [namely this,] when, giving rest to all things, I shall make …

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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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   “He created heaven and earth at the time when the months began, from which time it is fitting that the world took its rise. Then there was the mild temperature of spring, a season suitable for all things. Consequently the year too has the stamp of a world coming to birth.… In order to show that the creation of the world took place in the spring, Scripture says: "This month shall be to you the beginning of months, it is for you the first in the months of the year," calling the first month the springtime.

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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.

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   “Examine, now, the reason why God had by this time created out of the earth 'all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air' and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. How account for the fact that God brought merely the beasts of the field and the birds of the air to Adam? Animals were there, we know, each according to its kind.

   “And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air,....

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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.

   “And they heard the voice of the Lord God,....

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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 they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst …

   “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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   “What are the storehouses of the winds? What are the treasuries of the snow? Who, as Scripture hath said, hath begotten the drops of dew?

   “And the bow shall be in the cloud,....

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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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   “The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Adam were building. The old translation has for the sons of Adam the sons of men, that is, not the sons of God, but those who, living according to man, …

   “And they arose and came from the land of the east; and, as they went through the land, they chanced upon the land of Shinar, which was exceeding broad; where they took in hand to build a tower. They sought means thereby to go up to heaven, and be able to leave their work as a memorial to those men who should come after them.

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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.”

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   “He says, let us confuse their language there, so that everyone may not hear the voice of his neighbor. Justly is the evil intent punished, even to which the effect does not succeed; because indeed the dominion of command is in the language, pride is …

   “And they arose and came from the land of the east; and, as they went through the land, they chanced upon the land of Shinar, which was exceeding broad; where they took in hand to build a tower. They sought means thereby to go up to heaven, and be able to leave their work as a memorial to those men who should come after them.

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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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   “And the Lord said,....

   “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 18:211 voice

    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."

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11. Genesis 18:33

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

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    “And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with 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 19:292 voices

    “And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,....

    “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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    “He showed the ram in the thicket in the stead of the lad, that He might restore the son to his father, and yet the victim not fail the priest. And so Abraham was not stained with his son's blood, nor was God deprived of the sacrifice. The prophet spoke, and neither yielded to boastfulness nor continued obstinate, but took the ram in exchange for the lad. And by this is shown the more how piously he offered him whom he now so gladly received back.

    “And he said, lay not thine hand upon the lad,....

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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 28:132 voices

    “And behold, the Lord stood above it,....

    “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 35:132 voices

    “And God went up from him,....

    “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 2:242 voices

    “And God heard their groaning,.... The petitions they put up to him with groans and cries: and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob; that he would bring their seed out of a land not theirs, in which they were strangers, and were afflicted, into the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.

    “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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