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Genesis 2:1-3
International Standard Version
Genesis 2:1-3
International Standard Version
The Seventh Day
2 With this, the universe[a] was[b] completed, including all of its vast array.[c] 2 By the seventh day, God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on[d] everything that he had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on[e] everything that he had been creating.
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- Genesis 2:1 Lit. the heavens and the earth; i.e. space and matter
- Genesis 2:1 Lit. were
- Genesis 2:1 Lit. of their hosts; i.e. armies of sentient beings (or stars, if referring to the night sky)
- Genesis 2:2 Or he rested from
- Genesis 2:3 Or God rested from
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