make a new thing. Hebrew "create a creation". Figure of speech Polyptoton.App-6, for emphasis, throwing light on Gen_1:1. Compare Isa_45:7; Isa_48:6, Isa_48:7.
them: Dathan and Abiram. Compare Num_16:27. Korah's sons had obeyed the command, Compare Num_26:11.