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Genesis 2

Gen. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Cross References

1-3: The first Sabbath.

4-7: Further particulars concerning the manner of creation.

8-14: The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;

15-17: man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge only forbidden.

18-20: The animals are named by Adam.

21-25: The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.

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Gen. 2:4• ⁴These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens, (Gen. 2:4)

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Gen. 1:1,10• ¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:1,10)

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Ex. 20:11• ¹¹For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (Ex. 20:11)

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Ex. 31:17• ¹⁷It shall be a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. (Ex. 31:17)

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2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, who sittest between the cherubim, thou, the Same, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heavens and the earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

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2 Chron. 2:12• ¹²And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom. (2 Chron. 2:12)

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Neh. 9:6• ⁶Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. (Neh. 9:6)

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Job 12:9• ⁹Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this? (Job 12:9)

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Psa. 89:11‑13• ¹¹Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.
¹²The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
¹³Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand. (Psa. 89:11‑13)

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Psa. 104:2• ²Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;-- (Psa. 104:2)

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Psa. 136:5‑8• ⁵To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
⁶To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
⁷To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
⁸The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, (Psa. 136:5‑8)

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Psa. 146:6• ⁶Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever; (Psa. 146:6)

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Isa. 42:5• ⁵Thus saith *God, Jehovah, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and its productions, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: (Isa. 42:5)

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Isa. 45:18• ¹⁸For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it,--not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited:--I am Jehovah, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:18)

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Isa. 48:13• ¹³Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together. (Isa. 48:13)

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Isa. 55:9• ⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:9)

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Isa. 65:17• ¹⁷For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. (Isa. 65:17)

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Jer. 10:12,16• ¹²He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:12,16)

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Zech. 12:1• ¹The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him: (Zech. 12:1)

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Acts 4:24• ²⁴And they, having heard it, lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them; (Acts 4:24)

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Heb. 4:3• ³For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from the foundation of the world. (Heb. 4:3)

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Deut. 4:19• ¹⁹and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:19)

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Deut. 17:3• ³and goeth and serveth other gods, and boweth down to them, either to the sun or to the moon, or to the whole host of heaven, which I have not commanded; (Deut. 17:3)

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2 Kings 21:3‑5• ³And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
⁴And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
⁵And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah. (2 Kings 21:3‑5)

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Psa. 33:6,9• ⁶By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
⁹For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:6,9)

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Isa. 34:4• ⁴And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered fruit from the fig-tree. (Isa. 34:4)

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Isa. 40:26‑28• ²⁶Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth.
²⁷Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
²⁸Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:26‑28)

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Isa. 45:12• ¹²It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. (Isa. 45:12)

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Jer. 8:2• ²and they shall spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all the host of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the ground. (Jer. 8:2)

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Luke 2:13• ¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, (Luke 2:13)

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Acts 7:42• ⁴²But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? (Acts 7:42)

J. N. Darby Translation

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