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On the sixth[a] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.(A) So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.(B)

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

Another Account of the Creation

In the day that the Lord[b] God made the earth and the heavens,

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Footnotes

  1. 2.2 Sam Gk Syr: MT seventh
  2. 2.4 Heb YHWH, as in other places where “Lord” is spelled with capital letters (see also Ex 3.14–15 with notes)