Genesis 2:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ The heavens and the earth and their immense arrangement were completed.

¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

¹⁰ God called the dry land earth. The gathering of the waters He called seas. God saw that it was good.

⁴ This is the account of when Jehovah (YHWH) God created the heavens and the earth.

¹¹ »Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them in six days. He rested on the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

¹⁷ »‘It is a long lasting sign between the people of Israel and me for the reason that Jehovah made heaven and earth in six days. Then He ceased from work and was refreshed on the seventh day.’«

¹⁹ »Do not be tempted to bow down and worship the sun or moon or stars (the host or army of the heavens). Jehovah put them there a heritage for all the people under the heavens.

³ »Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.

³ He built the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed. He made altars for Baal. Then he made an Asherah as Ahab, king of Israel, had done. Manasseh was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven. ⁴ He built heathen altars in the Temple of Jehovah. The same Temple that Jehovah spoke of when he said: »In Jerusalem will I put my name.« ⁵ And he built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer courts of the Temple of Jehovah.

¹⁵ He prayed: »Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, you are enthroned above the angels. You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made heaven and earth.

¹² »Praise Jehovah the God of Israel, Creator of heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, full of understanding and skill. He now plans to build a Temple for Jehovah and a palace for himself.

⁶ »You are Jehovah, even you only! You made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them. You keep them from destruction and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

⁹ »Which of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?

⁶ The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

⁹ He spoke and it was done! He commanded and it stood fast.

¹¹ The heavens and the earth are yours. You have founded the world and all it contains. ¹² The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name. ¹³ You have a strong arm! Your hand is mighty (power by Holy Spirit); your right hand is exalted.

² You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain.

⁵ To the one who made the heavens with skill. His loving kindness is everlasting. ⁶ To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting. ⁷ To him who made the great lights. His loving kindness is everlasting: ⁸ The sun to rule by day, for His loving kindness is everlasting,

⁶ He made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps truth (faith) forever!

⁴ All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fade away like leaves fall from a vine or fruit from a tree.

¹³ »My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand.

⁹ »As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

²⁶ »Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? The being that brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name created all these! Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. ²⁷ »‘Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel: ‘My way is hidden from Jehovah! My God disregards my cause?’ ²⁸ »Do you not know? Have you not heard? JEHOVAH IS THE EVERLASTING GOD, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and no one can measure (find out) his understanding.

⁵ God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:

¹² »I am the one who made the earth. I created human beings to live there. With my power I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

¹⁸ Jehovah says: »Who created the heavens? He who is God. He fashioned and made the earth. He founded it and he did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited.« He says: »I am Jehovah, and there is no other.

¹⁷ »Behold! I WILL CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

² »They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky. These are the things that they had loved, served, gone after, sought, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered or buried, but they will become manure on the ground.

¹² He who made the earth by his power, and established the world by his wisdom; also stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

¹⁶ Jacob’s share is not like this. For he made everything! Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

¹ The prophetic utterance of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Jehovah declared: »Who stretches forth the heavens? Who lays the foundation of the earth? Who forms the spirit of man within him?

¹³ Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hosts praising God, and saying:

²⁴ When they heard they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said: »Jehovah, you are God, who made heaven and earth, the sea and all in them.

⁴² »God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

³ We who believe enter into the rest. As God said: »I swore in my anger: ‘They shall not enter into my rest.’« Yet God’s works were completed from the foundation of the world.