Bible Strands
Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator concludes the initial creation week by summarizing the seventh day and prepares to describe the earth’s condition before human cultivation and rainfall.
The words — The phrase אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת ('E.leh tol.Dot) literally means "these are the accounts of," serving as a literary heading. The name יְהוָה (Yah.weh) is paired with Elohim to specify the personal name of the Creator acting in the narrative.
The thread — The structural formula reappears in Genesis 5:1 to introduce Adam’s lineage, while the creation of the heavens and earth is first declared in Genesis 1:1. The title Lord God links to the divine self-identification in Revelation 1:8.
Why it lands — The text establishes a clear boundary between the completed creation week and the subsequent historical narrative, requiring the reader to recognize the shift from cosmic origins to specific divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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,
Cross-references
- Genesis 5:1 This 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 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:31 And 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 36:1 This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
- Exodus 15:3 The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
- Genesis 1:28 God 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 10:1 This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- Genesis 11:10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.