Genesis 2:1 — Meaning and Application

Genesis 2:2

"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."

Genesis 2:3

"And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. {created...: Heb. created to make}"

Genesis 2:4

"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,"

Genesis 2:5

"And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and {there was} not a man to till the ground."

Genesis 2:6

"But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. {there...: or, a mist which went up from, etc.}"