Genesis 2:4 (WEB)
This is the history of 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.
Catechism · 1
God himself created the visible world in all its richness, diversity and order. Scripture presents the work of the Creator symbolically as a succession of six days of divine "work", concluded by the "rest" of the seventh day.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.60Book VI
“…the words: “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.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. ii. 4.
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John Chrysostom
“As then Moses calleth it the book of heaven and earth,although he hath not discoursed of heaven and earth only, but also of all things that are in the midst thereof; so also this man hath named his book from that which is the sum of all the great things done.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 4.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.2On the Making of Man
““This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth,” saith the Scripture, when all that is seen was finished, and each of the things that are betook itself to its own separate place, when the body of heaven…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 4 (LXX.).
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Clement of Alexandria
“That, then, we may be taught that the world was originated, and not suppose that God made it in time, prophecy adds: “This is the book of the generation: also of the things in them, when they were created in the day that God made heaven and earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 4.
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Cross-references · 3
Parallel passages
Genesis 2:4 and Numbers 3:1 share the same wording (13 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.60.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.2.