Bible Strands
Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of the six-day creative period, establishing the temporal marker for the seventh day.
The words — וַיְכֻלּוּ (va-y.khu.lu) literally means “and they were completed,” and צְבָאָם (tze.va-'am) translates to “their host” or “their vast array.”
The thread — The completed creation framework reappears in Exodus 20:11 and Exodus 31:17 to ground Sabbath rest, while Psalms 33:6 reiterates the divine origin of the heavens and earth.
Why it lands — The verse states the fullness of the created order before the seventh day, requiring the reader to treat the work as definitively finished rather than provisional.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Cross-references
- Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
- Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
- Psalms 33:6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- 2 Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 42:5 This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Psalms 146:6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- Isaiah 45:12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.