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Genesis 2:1–2

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THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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.
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  1. Exodus 31:17Rank 1 from verse 1
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    17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  2. Exodus 20:11Rank 2 from verse 1
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    11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  3. Psalms 33:6Rank 3 from verse 1
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    6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

  4. Genesis 1:1Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  5. Isaiah 45:18Rank 5 from verse 1
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    18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

From verse 2

  1. Hebrews 4:4Rank 1 from verse 2
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    4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

  2. Exodus 31:17Rank 2 from verse 2
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    17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  3. Deuteronomy 5:14Rank 3 from verse 2
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    14But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

  4. Exodus 20:8–11Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

    10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

    11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  5. Exodus 23:12Rank 5 from verse 2
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    12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

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Genesis 2:1

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

host

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Sense 1: An army, assembled company, or multitude, including the ordered host of heaven. Sense 2: A person who receives, lodges, or entertains another.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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Genesis 2:2

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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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.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ended

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of end, meaning to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rested

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of rest, meaning to cease from labour or motion, lie still, settle, remain, or rely. Sense 2: Repose, peace, security, or an abiding place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1:1IN the beginning God created the heaven 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.

1:3And 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.

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening 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.

1:7And 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.

1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening 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.

1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

1:11And 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.

1:12And 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.

1:13And the evening 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:

1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon 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.

1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon 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.

1:19And the evening 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.

1:21And 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.

1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

1:24¶ 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.

1:25And 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.

1:26¶ 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.

1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he 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.

1:29¶ 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.

1:30And 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.

1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

2:1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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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.

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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.

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