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On the sixth [a] day God completed all the work that he had done, and on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation.[b] This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

World’s creation in the garden

On the day the Lord God made earth and sky—

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:2 LXX, Sam, Syr; MT seventh
  2. Genesis 2:3 Or from all his work, which God created to do

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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