Genesis 2:1
And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
Exodus 20:11for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest 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 the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; Thou hast made heaven and earth.
2 Chronicles 2:12(2-11) Huram said moreover: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.
Job 12:9Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath 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 →