Genesis 2:1

Translations

Modern

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

Traditional

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Literal

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

Latin

Igitur perfecti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornatus eorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

Notes

Genesis 2:1–3

Humans are the most important of God's creation (1:26–31), and day 7 is the most important of the creation week. When God rested, he approved all creation. There was nothing more needed! This seven-day framework structured Israel's week.

The seventh day was the model for their weekly Sabbath. God intended for the Sabbath to celebrate his completed work. God set apart the seventh day as holy. The people dedicated it to the Creator, who also rested on this day (see Exodus 20:8–11; 31:12–17; compare Matthew 12:1–8; Romans 14:5–6; Colossians 2:16–17; Hebrews 4:1–11).

Genesis 1:1–2:3

These verses introduce the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible). They teach Israel that one true God created, ordered, and populated the world, not the gods of nearby nations.
God blessed three specific things:
- animal life (1:22–25),
- human life (1:27), and
- the Sabbath day (2:3).
These three blessings emphasize the Creator's plan. God made humans in his image to rule in his place over earth's creatures and to join in God's Sabbath rest.

Theme notes and profiles

Beauty in Nature God’s New Covenant God’s Sabbath Rest God’s Uniqueness Symbolic Numbers The Creation The Creator-King Women’s Roles in the New Testament Church

Events

Creation of all thingsc. 4004 BC

Related verses

Exodus 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Isaiah 45:12
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
Psalm 146:6
…the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Psalm 136:5–8
By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
Zechariah 12:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
Psalm 33:9
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

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