Genesis 2:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 So God blessed the seventh day, and [a]sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made.
4 ¶ These are the [b]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 [c]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 [d]rain upon the earth, neither was there a man to till the ground,
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- Genesis 2:3 Appointed it to be kept holy, that man might therein consider the excellency of his works and God’s goodness toward him.
- Genesis 2:4 Or, the original and beginning.
- Genesis 2:5 Or, tree, as Gen. 21:15.
- Genesis 2:5 God only openeth the heavens and shutteth them, he sendeth drought and rain according to his good pleasure.
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