On the seventh[a] day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested[b] on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.(A) God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested(B) from all his work of creation.(C)

Man and Woman in the Garden

These are the records(D) of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time[c] that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 Sam, LXX, Syr read sixth
  2. 2:2 Or ceased, also in v. 3
  3. 2:4 Lit creation on the day

By the seventh day(A) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(B) Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(C) because on it he rested(D) from all the work of creating(E) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

This is the account(F) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(G) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

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