Man and Woman in the Garden
Genesis 2:4
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"In the beginning", a plural word for God, and Spirit or wind (Genesis 1:1–2)
In 11 translations
- BSB
- This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.LORD or GOD, with capital letters, represents the proper name of the God of Israel and the one true God, transliterated from the Hebrew as YHWH; here and throughout the Scriptures.
- KJV
- ¶ 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,
- WEB
- 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.“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth in their being created, in the day of YHWH God’s making the earth and the heavens;
- YLT
- 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;
- DBY
- These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,
- DRC
- These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:
- GNV
- These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heauens,
- JPS
- These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
- LXXE
- This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,Or, it took place.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֵ֣לֶּה תוֹלְד֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם עֲשׂ֛וֹת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃
- LXX-Br
- Αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὅτε ἐγένετο, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν,
Who and where
👤 God◆ Creation of Adam and Eve
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GenerationCreationDayGodTree of the knowledge of good and evilFall of manEdenEvolutionHeavens, New (and Earth, New)Isaac
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Part of
Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Genesis 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
- Genesis 1:4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
- 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.
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Exodus 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
- Genesis 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- 1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
- Genesis 36:9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 25:19This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
- 2 Chronicles 20:6and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
- Genesis 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- Psalms 18:31For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 11:10This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).