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God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He blessed it because on that day he rested from all the work he had done.

Adam and Eve

Here is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were created. The Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

At that time, bushes had not yet appeared on the earth. Plants had not started to grow. The Lord God had not sent rain on the earth. And there was no one to farm the land.

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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