Here, within the compass of these three short chapters, we see the word of God in all the relations in which it stands to the world, and to man within it-on the one hand, fixing man’s circumstances and environment, on the other, commanding man’s obedience, inviting his trust, and opening to him the mind of his Maker. The rest of the Bible sets before us many new utterances of God, but no further categories of relationship between God’s word and his creatures. Instead, the presentation of the word of God in Genesis 1—3 is reiterated and confirmed.
