Genesis 2:1 NIV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 2:1-3

Analysis and Annotations I. THE CREATION ACCOUNT The manner in which the book of Genesis begins leaves no doubt that it is the revelation of God. The creation account is historical truth. The question is how was it given? An answer to this question claims that the Jews obtained the account from the records of other nations concerning the origin of the universe and that they altered it according to their own religious ideas. This is an impossibility. The ancient heathen nations considered God... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 2:1

2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the {a} host of them.(a) That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:1-25

THE SEVENTH DAY The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1. "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." The work of the first creation occupied six days. "All the host of them" evidently refers to the innumerable host of stars and planets which are set by God in the heavens for the benefit of man on earth. Number 7 is the number of completeness, and on that day God rested from all His work. In this case only we read of His blessing the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:1-25

THE GARDEN OF EDEN GOD’S SABBATH (Genesis 2:1-3 ) The first three verses of this chapter belong to the preceding as a summary of its contents. Of what day do they treat? What did God do on that day? How did He regard it? In the light of the fourth commandment, these verses seem to countenance the thought of creative days of twenty-four hours each; that is, God’s Sabbath seems to be set over against man’s Sabbath, but the two should not be confounded. The latter was made for man and fitted... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 2:1-25

Adam, Eden, and Eve Gen 2:1-3 Simple and honest is this as the speech of a little child! A child tells you things in lumps and mouthfuls, and hurries on to conclusions in a manner quite its own and not despicable. But was Moses a child? Exactly that and nothing more in book-writing. He had no forerunners to study, no models to copy, no high grammatical authorities to consult. Strange that men should be hard upon him in matters literary, when they have been so long at school and he was never... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. This Chapter is remarkable for the events recorded in it, which took place immediately after creation-work was finished. In it is contained, also, the first institution of the sabbath, the blessings God pronounced upon it, and the sanctification of it. A description of the garden of Eden; of the tree of life; and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. A more particular account of the formation of the first woman; and of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:1

Furniture, ornaments or militia, whether we understand the Angels, or the stars, which observe a regular order and obey God. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:1-3

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... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 2:1-3

The Sabbath of Creation v. 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of them. The actual work of creation had been done in six days, all the created beings in heaven and earth, angels, birds, animals, and men, all organic and inorganic matter having been called into being, and men, beasts, and plants having been endowed with the power to reproduce their own kind. v. 2. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 2:1-3

See Genesis 1:1 ff for the passage quote with footnotes for Genesis 2:1-312.Genesis 2:1-3. The Divine Sabbath. Genesis 2:1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished.—A solemn retrospect introducing the sabbath of God.—And all their host.—A concrete denoting of the universe from the predominant terrestrial stand-point. The host has reference to the heaven, so far, at all events, as the stars are meant. As the host of the earth, however, denotes its inhabitants (Isaiah 34:2), so the thought,... read more