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Genesis 2:4
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KJ21
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
ASV
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
AMP
This is the history of [the origin of] the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day [that is, days of creation] that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens—
AMPC
This is the history of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens—
BRG
¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
CSB
These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
CSBA
These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
CEB
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. On the day the Lord God made earth and sky—
CJB
(A: iv, S: ii) Here is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created. On the day when Adonai, God, made earth and heaven,
CEV
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
DARBY
These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,
DRA
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:
ERV
This is the story about the creation of the sky and the earth. This is what happened when the Lord God made the earth and the sky.
EASY
This is what happened when God made the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
EHV
This is the account about the development of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens:
ESV
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
ESVUK
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
EXB
·This is the story [L These are the generations; C introduces a new section of the book; see also 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10, 27; 25:12, 19; 36:1, 9] of the creation of the ·sky [heavens] and the earth. When the ·Lord God [Yahweh Elohim; C Elohim is the common term for God; Lord (capital letters) represents the divine name YHWH, usually pronounced “Yahweh”; see Ex. 3:14–15] first made the earth and the ·sky [heavens],
GNV
¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day, that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
GW
This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven.
GNT
And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,
HCSB
These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
ICB
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the sky,
ISV
These are the records of the universe at its creation. On the day that the Lord God made the universe,
JUB
¶ These are the origins of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens
KJV
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
AKJV
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
LSB
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven.
LEB
These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven—
TLB
Here is a summary of the events in the creation of the heavens and earth when the Lord God made them.
MSG
By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work. God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done. This is the story of how it all started, of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
MEV
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NOG
This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when Yahweh Elohim made earth and heaven.
NABRE
This is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens—
NASB
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.
NASB1995
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.
NCB
This was the origin of the heavens and the earth when they were first created. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NCV
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God first made the earth and the sky,
NET
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created—when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.
NIRV
Here is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were created. The Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
NIV
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
NIVUK
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
NKJV
This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NLV
This is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were made, in the day the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
NLT
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NRSVA
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NRSVACE
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NRSVCE
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
NRSVUE
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
OJB
These are the toldot of HaShomayim and of Ha’Aretz when they were created, in the Yom that Hashem Elohim made Eretz v’Shomayim,
RGT
These are the generations of the heavens and of the Earth - when they were created, on the day that the LORD God made the Earth and the heavens -
RSV
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
RSVCE
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
TLV
These are the genealogical records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, at the time when Adonai Elohim made land and sky.
VOICE
This is the detailed story of the Eternal God’s singular work in creating all that exists. On the day the heavens and earth were created,
WEB
This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
WYC
These be the generations of heaven and of earth, in the day wherein the Lord God made heaven and earth, (These be the generations, or the creation, of the heavens and the earth, in the days when the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,)
YLT
These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
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