And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Parallel translations
- WEB God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
- KJV And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- NKJV Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- NASB And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- NLT Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
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Quick answer
God surveys all he has made and declares it very good, ending the sixth day. The completed creation perfectly reflects God's good purpose.
Overview
Surveying the whole of his finished work, God pronounces it not merely good but 'very good,' a climactic verdict over the entire creation including humanity. This declaration affirms that the world as God made it was without flaw, with sin and the curse yet to enter. The 'very good' creation gives us a glimpse of the goodness God intends to restore through Christ in the new creation (Revelation 21:5).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Tim 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- Ps 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Ps 19:1–2For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Exod 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
- Ps 104:31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
- Lam 3:38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
- Job 38:7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Gen 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- Gen 1:23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
- Gen 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
- Gen 1:8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
- Gen 1:19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
- Gen 1:13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
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