Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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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 the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest you lift up yours eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwell between the cherubims, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
2 Chronicles 2:12Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, imbued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Job 12:9Who knows not in all these that the hand of the 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 →