Genesis 2:1
21 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Other Translations of Genesis 2:1
King James Version
21 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
English Standard Version
21 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
The Message
21 Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail.
New King James Version
21 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.
New Living Translation
21 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 2:1
Commentary on Genesis 2:1-3
(Read Genesis 2:1-3)
After six days, God ceased from all works of creation. In miracles, he has overruled nature, but never changed its settled course, or added to it. God did not rest as one weary, but as one well pleased. Notice the beginning of the kingdom of grace, in the sanctification, or keeping holy, of the sabbath day. The solemn observing of one day in seven as a day of holy rest and holy work, to God's honour, is the duty of all to whom God has made known his holy sabbaths. At this time none of the human race were in being but our first parents. For them the sabbath was appointed; and clearly for all succeeding generations also. The Christian sabbath, which we observe, is a seventh day, and in it we celebrate the rest of God the Son, and the finishing the work of our redemption.