Genesis 2:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.

Cross References

Psalm 33:6

By the Lord’s word the heavens were made; by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Exodus 31:17

Between me and the Israelites it is to be an everlasting sign; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested at his ease.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth—

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, The creator of the heavens, who is God, The designer and maker of the earth who established it, Not as an empty waste did he create it, but designing it to be lived in: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its produce, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:

2 Kings 19:15

Hezekiah prayed in the Lord’s presence: “Lord, God of Israel, enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. It is you who made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 45:12

It was I who made the earth and created the people upon it; It was my hands that stretched out the heavens; I gave the order to all their host.

Psalm 146:6

The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, Who keeps faith forever,

Zechariah 12:1

An oracle: The word of the Lord concerning Israel—oracle of the Lord, who spreads out the heavens, lays the foundations of the earth, and fashions the human spirit within:

Psalm 33:9

For he spoke, and it came to be, commanded, and it stood in place.

Nehemiah 9:6

“You are the Lord, you alone; You made the heavens, the highest heavens and all their host, The earth and all that is upon it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, the heavenly hosts bow down before you.

2 Chronicles 2:12

I am now sending you a craftsman of great skill, Huram-abi,

Hebrews 4:3

For we who believed enter into [that] rest, just as he has said: “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter into my rest,’” and yet his works were accomplished at the foundation of the world.

Acts 4:24

And when they heard it, they raised their voices to God with one accord and said, “Sovereign Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them,

Jeremiah 10:16

Jacob’s portion is nothing like them: for he is the maker of everything! Israel is his very own tribe, Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 10:12

The one who made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and by his skill stretched out the heavens.

Isaiah 65:17

See, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; The former things shall not be remembered nor come to mind.

Isaiah 48:13

Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; my right hand spread out the heavens. When I summon them, they stand forth at once.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And when you look up to the heavens and behold the sun or the moon or the stars, the whole heavenly host, do not be led astray into bowing down to them and serving them. These the Lord, your God, has apportioned to all the other nations under the heavens;

Genesis 2:4

This is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens—

Genesis 1:10

God called the dry land “earth,” and the basin of water he called “sea.” God saw that it was good.

Deuteronomy 17:3

by going to serve other gods, by bowing down to them, to the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, contrary to my command;

Jeremiah 8:2

and spread out before the sun, the moon, and the whole host of heaven, which they loved and served, which they followed, consulted, and worshiped. They will not be gathered up for burial, but will lie like dung upon the ground.

Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Job 12:9

Which of all these does not know that the hand of God has done this?

Acts 7:42

Then God turned and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

Isaiah 34:4

All the host of heaven shall rot; the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll. All their host shall wither away, as the leaf wilts on the vine, or as the fig withers on the tree.

Psalm 104:2

robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent;