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Genesis 2:2

WEB

2On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

KJV

2And 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.

BSB

2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

FBV

2By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing.

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject
Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject
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The Most Startling Claim Ever Made, Part 1 (John 5:17–20) - Grace to You
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Extra References

Hebrews 4:4

4For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works;”


Exodus 31:17

17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’”


Deuteronomy 5:14

14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, in which you shall not do any workneither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.


Exodus 23:12

12Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed.


Exodus 20:8-11

8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9You shall labor six days, and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; 11for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.


John 5:17

17But Jesus answered them, My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”


Isaiah 58:13

13“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,


Genesis 1:31

31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.