And so the heavens and the earth were completed, and all (A)their heavenly [a]lights. By (B)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and (C)He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created [b]and made.

The Creation of Man and Woman

[c](D)This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in (E)the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:1 Lit host i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Genesis 2:3 Lit to make
  3. Genesis 2:4 Lit These are the generations

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)

By the seventh day(B) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(C) Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(D) because on it he rested(E) from all the work of creating(F) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

This is the account(G) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(H) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

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