Genesis 2:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2:3

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

Exodus 23:12

For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

Exodus 31:15

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

Isaiah 58:13

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

John 5:17

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

Deuteronomy 5:14

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

Hebrews 4:10

For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

Hebrews 4:4

For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;