Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
What does Genesis 2:1 mean?
After six days, God ceased from all works of creation. In miracles, he has overruled nature, but never changed its settled course, or added to it.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 2:1-3 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 2:1
- The Seventh Day 1. tsaba' "a host in marching order," a company of persons or things in the order of their nature and the progressive discharge of their functions. Hence, it is applied to the starry host Deuteronomy 4:19 , to the angelic host 1 Kings 22:19 , to the host of Israel Exodus 12:41 , and to the ministering Levites Numbers 4:23 . κοσμος kosmos. 2. chashebyy. Here hashshy is read by the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Septuagint, the Syriac, and Josephus.
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Context in Genesis 2
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Genesis 2 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as primeval history from creation to Babel. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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