4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them. 5 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.…

Adam and Eve - This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

4 These are the 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, Read full chapter

What does Genesis 2:4 mean? Chapter 1 described God's process of creation in six separate days. The first few verses of chapter 2 complete that sequence with a seventh day, where God takes a deliberate rest from His work.

4 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

In the present section, Genesis 2:4 b–3:24, the Sacred Name is a combination of Jahveh and Elohim, i.e. Jehovah (= Lord) and “God.” In the next section, the story of Cain and Abel, Jehovah alone is used; throughout the rest of Genesis we find either Jehovah or Elohim alone.

Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.... Read verse in New International Version

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

Genesis 2:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,