Genesis 2:2 - Plain English Version

² After God finished all that, it was day number 7, and God rested on that day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And 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. [Heb. 4:9, 10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

² On the sixth day God completed all the work that he had done, and on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished.

Genesis 2:2 Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he made, and he saw that all of it was very good. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 6.

Genesis 2:3

So God made day number 7 a good and special day. He said, “I’ve finished making everything now, and I’m resting on day number 7. So day number 7 is a special day.”

John 5:17

Jesus said to them, “God, my father, is always working, and I am always working too.”