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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 generations 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• ¹¹{i}For 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.{/i} (Ex. 20:11)

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

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2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

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2 Chron. 2:12• ¹²{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Chron. 2:12)

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Neh. 9:6• ⁶{i}Thou 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.{/i} (Neh. 9:6)

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Job 12:9• ⁹Who doth not know by all these{HR}That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? (Job 12:9)

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Psa. 89:11‑13• ¹¹Thine [are] the heavens, also thine the earth;{HR}The world and its fullness {i}thou{/i} hast founded them.
¹²The north and the south, {i}thou{/i} hast created them:{HR}Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
¹³Thine [is] an arm with might, strong is thy hand;{HR}Exalted is thy right hand. (Psa. 89:11‑13)

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Psa. 104:2• ²Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)

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Psa. 136:5‑8• ⁵To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁶To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁷To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁸The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever; (Psa. 136:5‑8)

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Psa. 146:6• ⁶Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever; (Psa. 146:6)

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Isa. 42:5• ⁵Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; 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 that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it; he that established it, not a waste he created 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 out 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• ¹²{i}He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.{/i}
¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of 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 for Israel, saith Jehovah, which stretcheth forth 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 on hearing [it] with one accord lifted up [their] voice unto God and said, Master, thou [art] he that made heaven and the earth, and the sea, and all that in them [is]; (Acts 4:24)

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Heb. 4:3• ³For we that believed enter into the rest, even as he hath said, As I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest, although the works were done from the world's foundation. (Heb. 4:3)

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Deut. 4:19• ¹⁹{i}and 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.{/i} (Deut. 4:19)

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Deut. 17:3• ³{i}and 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;{/i} (Deut. 17:3)

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2 Kings 21:3‑5• ³For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, 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, which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
⁵And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah. (2 Kings 21:3‑5)

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Psa. 33:6,9• ⁶By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth;
⁹For he spake and it was;{HR}He commanded and it stood. (Psa. 33:6,9)

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Isa. 34:4• ⁴And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall 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 behold. Who hath created these [things], bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and strength of power, not one faileth.
²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my judgment is passed over 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, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:26‑28)

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Isa. 45:12• ¹²I have made the earth, and created man upon it; I, [even] my hands, 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 before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. (Jer. 8:2)

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Luke 2:13• ¹³{i}And suddenly there was{/i} 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, Did ye offer 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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