“This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.”
Genesis 2:4
BSBGo deeper on this verse (3)
- The Breath of Life: How Close God Came in Genesis 2
- Adam and Eve: How a Potter's Hands Made a Soul (Genesis 2)
What does "the account of" mean?
The Hebrew toledot, "the account of," literally means the generations or the begettings. The same word that frames this account of creation opens the list of the nations (Genesis 10:1) and later frames Terah, Abraham's father (Genesis 11:27). Genesis records the nations under the same heading it uses for creation itself.
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