KJV King James Version
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,
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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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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.
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.
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,
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.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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אֵ֣לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseתוֹלְד֧וֹתH8435 · to.le.dahgenerationהַשָּׁמַ֛יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenוְהָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetבְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑םH1254 · ba.rato createבְּי֗וֹםH3117 · yomdayעֲשׂ֛וֹתH6213 · a.sahto make: doיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְשָׁמָֽיִם׃H8064 · sha.ma.yimheaven
Cross-references
Genesis 5:1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;Revelation 1:8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.Genesis 36:1Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.Exodus 15:3The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.2 Chronicles 20:6And said, O LORD God of our fathers, [art] not thou God in heaven? and rulest [not] thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand [is there not] power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?Genesis 10:1Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.Genesis 25:19And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:Genesis 25:12Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:Psalm 18:31For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?Exodus 6:16And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years.Genesis 11:10These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:1 Kings 18:39And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.Job 38:28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?Genesis 36:9And these [are] the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
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