Genesis 1:21–24
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God created great whales, and euery liuing creature that moueth, which the waters brought forth aboundantly after their kinde, and euery winged foule after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And God blessed them, saying, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 8.17. and 9.1.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And the euening and the morning were the fift day.
¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the liuing creature after his kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kinde: and it was so.
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From verse 21
- Psalms 104:24–26Rank 1 from verse 21
24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
24O LORD, how manifold are thy workes! in wisedome hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide Sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable: both small and great beasts.
26†There goe the shippes; there is that Leuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- Genesis 1:25Rank 2 from verse 21
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 8:19Rank 3 from verse 21
- Genesis 8:17Rank 4 from verse 21
17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
17Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.
- Exodus 1:7Rank 5 from verse 21
7¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
7¶ *And the children of Israel were fruitfull, and increased aboundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 8:3Rank 6 from verse 21
3And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
3And the riuer shall bring foorth frogges abundantly, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy ‖kneading troughes.
- Genesis 6:20Rank 7 from verse 21
20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
20Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.
- Genesis 7:14Rank 8 from verse 21
14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
14They, and euery beast after his kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde: and euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euery birde of euery †sort.
- Genesis 9:7Rank 9 from verse 21
- Genesis 1:18Rank 10 from verse 21
- Genesis 1:31Rank 11 from verse 21
- Ezekiel 32:2Rank 14 from verse 21
2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
2‖Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say vnto him; Thou art like a young lyon of the nations, & thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy riuers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their riuers.
- Jonah 1:17Rank 15 from verse 21
- Matthew 12:40Rank 16 from verse 21
40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
40*For as Ionas was three dayes and three nights in the whales belly: so shal the sonne of man be three daies and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Jonah 2:10Rank 17 from verse 21
From verse 22
- Genesis 8:17Rank 1 from verse 22
17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
17Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.
- Genesis 1:28Rank 3 from verse 22
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.
28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
- Psalms 107:38Rank 4 from verse 22
- Genesis 35:11Rank 5 from verse 22
11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
11And God saide vnto him, I am God Almightie: be fruitfull and multiply: a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.
- Genesis 9:1Rank 6 from verse 22
12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Iob, more then his beginning: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
- Genesis 30:30Rank 8 from verse 22
30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
30For it was little which thou hadst before I came; and it is now †increased vnto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee †since my comming: and now when shall I prouide for mine owne house also?
- Leviticus 26:9Rank 9 from verse 22
- Proverbs 10:22Rank 10 from verse 22
- Psalms 107:31Rank 11 from verse 22
- Psalms 128:3Rank 12 from verse 22
- Psalms 144:13–14Rank 13 from verse 22
13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
13† That our garners may bee full, affoording all maner of store; that our sheepe may bring forth thousands, and tenne thousands in our streetes.
14† That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streetes.
- Genesis 30:27Rank 14 from verse 22
27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
27And Laban said vnto him, I pray thee, if I haue found fauour in thine eyes, tary: for I haue learned by experience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
From verse 24
- Psalms 50:9–10Rank 1 from verse 24
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
9I will take no bullocke out of thy house, nor hee goates out of thy folds.
10For euery beast of the forrest is mine, and the cattell vpon a thousand hilles.
- Genesis 6:20Rank 2 from verse 24
20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
20Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.
- Genesis 8:19Rank 3 from verse 24
- Psalms 148:10Rank 5 from verse 24
- Genesis 7:14Rank 6 from verse 24
14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
14They, and euery beast after his kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde: and euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euery birde of euery †sort.
- Job 38:39–40Rank 8 from verse 24
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
39*Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the †appetite of the young lyons,
40When they couch in their dennes, and abide in the couert to lie in waite?
- Psalms 104:18Rank 10 from verse 24
- Psalms 104:23Rank 11 from verse 24
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Genesis 1:21
The one true God.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of create. Sense 1: Caused to exist, made, or formed. Sense 2: Brought into a new state or character.
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Great sea creatures.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.
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Sense 1: A being or thing made or created. Sense 2: Created beings or the created order collectively. Sense 3: In the phrase 'new creature,' a person or state made new in Christ.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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abundantly
Fully; amply; plentifully; in a sufficient degree.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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Sense 1: A class, sort, nature, or group sharing common characteristics. Sense 2: Benevolent, gracious, helpful, or gentle.
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Having wings.
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A bird, especially one used for food or sacrifice.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 1:22
The one true God.
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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.
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Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.
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To increase or cause to increase in number, amount, or extent.
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Sense 1: To make full, occupy capacity, satisfy, supply what is lacking, or complete. Sense 2: A full or satisfying amount or measure.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Great gathered bodies of water, including named salt waters, large lakes, and the waters collectively distinguished from dry land.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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A bird, especially one used for food or sacrifice.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Genesis 1:23
Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 1:24
The one true God.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.
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Sense 1: A being or thing made or created. Sense 2: Created beings or the created order collectively. Sense 3: In the phrase 'new creature,' a person or state made new in Christ.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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Sense 1: A class, sort, nature, or group sharing common characteristics. Sense 2: Benevolent, gracious, helpful, or gentle.
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Moving on the belly or close to the surface of the earth.
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1:1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:1¶ In *the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.
1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
1:2And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:3And God said, *Let there be light: and there was light.
1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
1:6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:6¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.
1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1:7And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.
1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:8And God called the *firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.
1:9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1:9¶ And God said, *Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.
1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:10And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:11And God said, Let the Earth bring foorth †grasse, the herbe yeelding seed, and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the earth: and it was so.
1:12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:13And the euening and the morning were the third day.
1:14¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1:14¶ And God said, Let there bee *lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide †the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:16And God made two great lights: the greater light †to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:18And to *rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:19And the euening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
1:20And God said, *Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the ‖mouing creature that hath †life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the †open firmament of heauen.
1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:21And God created great whales, and euery liuing creature that moueth, which the waters brought forth aboundantly after their kinde, and euery winged foule after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
Selected passage1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1:22And God blessed them, saying, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.
Selected passage1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:23And the euening and the morning were the fift day.
Selected passage1:24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
1:24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the liuing creature after his kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kinde: and it was so.
Selected passage1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1:26¶ And God said, *Let vs make man in our Image, after our likenesse: and let them haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.
1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1:27So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image of God created hee him; *male and female created hee them.
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.
1:28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe †bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be for meat:
1:30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
1:30And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is †life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.
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.
1:31And *God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.
2:1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2:1¶ Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
2:2And 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.
2:2*And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.
2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
2:3And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God †created and made.