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

Then God (A)blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

(B)This is the [a]history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, before any (C)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not (D)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man (E)to till the ground;

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  1. Genesis 2:4 Heb. toledoth, lit. generations

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.

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,

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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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created [a]and made.

The Creation of Man and Woman

[b](A)This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in (B)the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. (C)Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, (D)for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [c]cultivate the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:3 Lit to make
  2. Genesis 2:4 Lit These are the generations
  3. Genesis 2:5 Lit work, serve