Genesis 2:4

Plain English Version

This story is about the time when God made the earth and the sky.

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

First of all, a long time ago, God made everything. He made the sky, and he made the earth. He made all the things that are everywhere.

Genesis 1:28

God was good to them, and he said to them, “You will have lots of kids, and the earth will be full of people. You people will be boss over all the earth. You will be boss over the fish in the sea, and you will be boss over the birds in the sky, and you will be boss over all the animals that live on the land.”

Genesis 1:3

God said, “I want light.” Straight away, light was shining everywhere.

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he made, and he saw that all of it was very good. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 6.

Genesis 1:4

God looked at it, and he saw that it was good. So God split up the light and the dark.

Genesis 10:1

This is the story about Noah’s sons and their families. His sons were Shem, and Ham, and Jafeth, and after that big flood, they had kids too.

Genesis 11:10

This is the story about Shem’s family. Shem was 100 years old when he had a son called Arfaxad. That was 2 years after the big flood.

Genesis 2:3

So God made day number 7 a good and special day. He said, “I’ve finished making everything now, and I’m resting on day number 7. So day number 7 is a special day.”

Genesis 25:12

This is the story about Ishmael’s family. Ishmael was Abraham’s oldest son, and his mother’s name was Hagar. Hagar was from Egypt country, and she worked for Abraham’s wife Sarah.

Genesis 25:19

This is the story about Abraham’s son Isaac and his family.

Genesis 36:1

This is the story about Jacob’s brother Esau and his family. Sometimes people called Esau a different name. They called him Edom.

Genesis 36:9

Esau’s family was called the Edom tribe, and they lived in the hill country called Seir. These are the names of Esau’s sons and grand-sons.

Genesis 5:1

This is the story about Adam’s family. You see, when God made people, he made them to be like himself.