Genesis 2:1
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 1:10And God called the dry land Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Exodus 20:11for in six days LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before LORD, and said, O LORD, the God of Israel, who sits [above] the cherubim, thou are the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou have made heaven and earth.
2 Chronicles 2:12Huram said moreover, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for LORD, and a house for his king
Job 12:9Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:1
This chapter is an appendix to the history of the creation, more particularly explaining and enlarging upon that part of the history which relates immediately to man, the favourite of this lower world. We have in it, I. The institution and sanctification of the sabbath, which was made for man, to further his holiness and comfort ( ver. 1-3 ). II. A more particular account of man's creation, as the centre and summary of the whole work ( ver. 1-7 ). III. A description of the garden of Eden, and the placing of man in… Read the whole commentary →