Genesis 2:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

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 2:2

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.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

Nehemiah 9:14

And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:

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 34:21

Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Ezekiel 20:12

And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:3

On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

Mark 2:27

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;