Genesis 2:4 — Bible Verse (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,”

Genesis 2:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 2:4 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 2:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Genesis 2:4 — World English Bible

Genesis 2:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Genesis 2:4 — American Standard Version

Genesis 2:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;”

Genesis 2:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 2:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens, ”

Genesis 2:4 — Darby Translation

Genesis 2:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“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,”

Genesis 2:4 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 2:4 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.”

Genesis 2:4 — The Living Sword

Genesis 2:4 in Context — Genesis 2

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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,

5 And 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.

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

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What Does Genesis 2:4 Mean?

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