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Genesis 2:3-5
New International Version
Genesis 2:3-5
New International Version
3 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
4 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.
5 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,
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 2:3-5
King James Version
Genesis 2:3-5
King James Version
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
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Genesis 2:3-5
English Standard Version
Genesis 2:3-5
English Standard Version
3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
The Creation of Man and Woman
4 (A)These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5 When no (B)bush of the field[a] was yet in the land[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man (C)to work the ground,
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- Genesis 2:5 Or open country
- Genesis 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6
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