God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested(A) from His work of creation.[a](B)

Man and Woman in the Garden

These are the records(C) of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time[b] that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. No shrub of the field(D) had yet grown on the land,[c] and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:3 Lit work that God created to make
  2. Genesis 2:4 Lit creation on the day
  3. Genesis 2:5 Or earth

Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(A) because on it he rested(B) from all the work of creating(C) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

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

Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,(F) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(G) and there was no one to work the ground,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6