Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
- KJV
- Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- WEB
- The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
- ASV
- And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- DARBY
- And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.
- BLB
- And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.
- ÅB
- Så ble himmelen og jorden med hele sin hær fullendt.
- OTB
- Slik ble himmelen og jorden fullført, sammen med hele deres lyspryd.
- B1930
- Så blev himmelen og jorden med hele sin hær fullendt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Read in contextExodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Read in contextPsalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Read in contextGenesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Read in context2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Read in contextPsalms 146:6
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
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