Genesis 2:1

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This verse closes the six days of creation described in Genesis 1 and leads into the seventh day, when God rests. The chapter break in our Bibles falls here, but the thought runs straight on from the end of chapter one.

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Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

World English Bible (WEB)

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

King James Version (KJV)

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y FUERON acabados los cielos y la tierra, y todo su ornamento.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

De este modo fueron creados los cielos y la tierra, y todo lo que hay en ellos.

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Genesis 2:1

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