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And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified[a] it, because on it he rested from all his work of creating that there was to do.[b]

The Generations of Heaven and Earth

These are the generations[c] of heaven[d] and earth[e] when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:3 Or “hallowed”
  2. Genesis 2:3 Literally “which God created to do”
  3. Genesis 2:4 Or “family records”
  4. Genesis 2:4 Or “the sky”
  5. Genesis 2:4 Or “the earth”
  6. Genesis 2:4 Or “sky”

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

Adam and Eve

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

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