Genesis
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Genesis 2:4
“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,”
King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 2:4 Context
1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4These 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, 5And 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. 6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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¶ These are the generations of the heauens, & of the earth, when they were created; in the day that the LORD God made the earth, and the heauens,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
- American Standard Version (1901)
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
- Basic English Bible
These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
- World English Bible
These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
- Youngs Literal Bible
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
- American Standard Version (1901)
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
- Basic English Bible
These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
- World English Bible
These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
- Youngs Literal Bible
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 2:4
2:4-7 In these verses, 1. Here is a name given to the Creator, which we have not yet met with, Jehovah. The LORD in capital letters, is constantly used in our English translation, for Jehovah. This is that great and incommunicable name of God, which speaks his having his being of himself, and his giving being to all things. It properly means, He that was, and that is, and that is to come. 2. Further notice taken of the production of plants and herbs, because they were made to be food for man. 3. A more particular account of the creation of man, #Ge 2:7|. Man is a little world, consisting of heaven and earth, soul and body. Here we have all account of the original of both, and the putting of both together: The Lord God, the great fountain of being and power, formed man. Of the other creatures it is said, they were created and made; but of man, that he was formed, which notes a gradual process in the work with great accuracy and exactness. To express the creation of this new thing, he takes a new word: a word (some think) borrowed from the potter's forming his vessel upon the wheel. The body of man is curiously wrought. And the soul takes its rise from the breath of heaven. It came immediately from God; he gave it to be put into the body, #Eccl 12:7 as afterwards he| gave the tables of stone of his own writing to be put into the ark. 'Tis by it that man is a living soul, that is, a living man. The body would be a worthless, useless carcase, if the soul did not animate it.
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