Genesis 2:1-3

Genesis 2:1-3

[1] Thus the heavens  and the earth  were finished,  and all the host of them.  [2] And on the seventh  day  God  ended  his work  which he had made;  and he rested  on the seventh  day  from all his work  which he had made.  [3] And God  blessed  the seventh  day,  and sanctified  it: because  that in it he had rested  from all his work  which God  created  and made. 

What does Genesis 2:1-3 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

" Genesis 2:1-3 echoes Genesis 1:1 by introducing the same phrases but in reverse order: "he created," "God," "heavens and earth" reappear as "heavens and earth" ( Genesis 2:1) "God" ( Genesis 2:2), "created" ( Genesis 2:3). This chiastic pattern brings the section to a neat close which is reinforced by the inclusion "God created" linking Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 2:3." [1]
The mood of the narrative also returns to what it was in Genesis 1:1-2. Silence and calm prevail again. [2]