Genesis 2:4

2 ^aAnd on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

3 Then God ^ablessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

4 ^aThis is the¹ history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

5 before any ^aplant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not ^bcaused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man ^cto till the ground;

6 but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the Lord God formed man of the ^adust of the ground, and ^bbreathed into his ^cnostrils the breath of life; and ^dman became a living being.

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8 The Lord God planted ^aa garden ^beastward in ^cEden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

9 And out of the ground the Lord God made ^aevery tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. ^bThe tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and ^cevil.

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What Does Genesis 2:4 Mean?

Genesis 2:4 identifies the Creator God as Yahweh Elohim, the Lord God, who made the heavens and the earth. Yahweh, meaning the self-Existent or Eternal, is the covenant name of God linked to Israel. Scriptural references show Christ as the Creator God, aligning with Yahweh of the Old Testament. Both are described as the First and the Last, indicating they are the same eternal Being. Isaiah 44:6 has Yahweh declaring, 'I am the First and I am the Last,' while Revelation 2:8 attributes the same title to Christ, who was dead and came to life, confirming their shared identity as the eternal Creator.

Genesis 2:4

This verse marks which member of the Elohim Family is the Creator God. He is Yahweh Elohim, the Lord God. The entry in Strong's for “Jehovah” (Yahweh) reads: “(the) self-Existent or Eternal: Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:—Jehovah, the Lord.” Zodhiates says of Yahweh, “The covenant name of God most prominently known in connection with His relationship with the nation of Israel.”

From the Bible, we see that Christ is the Creator God (John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16) and that the Creator God is Yahweh—the God of the Old Testament. Therefore, it follows that Jesus Christ is the God of the Old Testament.

As further confirmation, notice two verses:

» “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the First and I am the Last.'” (Isaiah 44:6)

» “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life.'” (Revelation 2:8; see also Revelation 1:11, 17; 22:13)

Yahweh of the Old Testament and Christ of the New refer to themselves as “the First and the Last” because both are the same self-existent, eternal Being.

Pat Higgins
The God of the Old Testament

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