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These areאֵלֶּהthe generationsתוֹלְדוֹתof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand the earthוְהָאָרֶץwhen they were created,בְּהִבָּרְאָםin the dayבְּיוֹםthat YHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםmadeעֲשׂוֹתearthאֶרֶץand heavens.וְשָׁמָיִם
Genesis 2:4
Study it in the app“These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that YHWH Elohim made earth and heavens.”
God forms the man from the dust of the ground and breathes into him the breath of lifeCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 2:4, word by word
- the generationsתוֹלְדוֹתtoldot
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldot” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- when they were createdהִבָּרְאָhibara
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “hibara” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- madeעֲשׂוֹתasot
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
3And Elohim blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he ceased from all his work that Elohim had created to make.
4 · This verse (above)
5Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for YHWH Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no human being to work the ground;
To study Genesis 2 in a group
1. What it says
How did YHWH Elohim form the man, and what did he give him so that he became a living being (v. 7)?
2. What it means
Why does YHWH Elohim say it is not good for the man to be alone (v. 18)?
3. How I live it
What friendship or relationship can you care for this week so you do not walk alone?