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Genesis 2:4

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¶ 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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  1. Genesis 5:1Rank 1 from verse 4
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    1THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

  2. Revelation 1:8Rank 2 from verse 4
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    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.

  3. Exodus 15:3Rank 3 from verse 4
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    3The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

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

  5. Genesis 1:31Rank 5 from verse 4
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    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.

  6. Genesis 1:4Rank 6 from verse 4
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    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

  7. Genesis 36:1Rank 7 from verse 4
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    1NOW these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

  8. 1 Kings 18:39Rank 8 from verse 4
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    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.

  9. 2 Chronicles 20:6Rank 9 from verse 4
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    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?

  10. Exodus 6:16Rank 10 from verse 4
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    16¶ And 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.

  11. Genesis 1:28Rank 11 from verse 4
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    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.

  12. Genesis 10:1Rank 12 from verse 4
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    1NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

  13. Genesis 11:10Rank 13 from verse 4
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    10¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

  14. Genesis 25:12Rank 14 from verse 4
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    12¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

  15. Genesis 25:19Rank 15 from verse 4
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    19¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:

  16. Genesis 36:9Rank 16 from verse 4
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    9¶ And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

  17. Job 38:28Rank 17 from verse 4
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    28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

  18. Psalms 18:31Rank 18 from verse 4
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    31For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

  19. Psalms 90:1–2Rank 19 from verse 4
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    1LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

    2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

  20. Revelation 16:5Rank 20 from verse 4
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    5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

  21. Isaiah 44:6Rank 21 from verse 4
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    6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

  22. Revelation 1:4Rank 22 from verse 4
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    4JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

  23. Revelation 11:17Rank 23 from verse 4
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    17Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

  24. Psalms 86:10Rank 24 from verse 4
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    10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

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Genesis 2:4

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generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

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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

created

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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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COMBINED MEANING

in

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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.

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

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

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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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2:5And 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.

2:6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

2:7And 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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