Genesis 2:1

And the heavens and the earth and all their host were completed.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the Lord finished in the Seventh Day His work which He had wrought, and rested in the Seventh Day from all His work which He had wrought.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And the Lord called the dry land Earth, and the place of the collection of waters He called Sea. And the Lord saw that it was good.

Exodus 20:11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the day of Shabbath, and sanctified it.

Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and behold the sun, or moon and stars, all the host of the heavens, and go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath not appointed for any of the nations that are under the whole heavens.

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 →

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