Genesis 2:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.

Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.

Exodus 23:12

Work the first six days of the week, but rest and relax on the seventh day. This law is not only for you, but for your oxen, donkeys, and slaves, as well as for any foreigners among you.

Exodus 31:17

This day will always serve as a reminder, both to me and to the Israelites, that I made the heavens and the earth in six days, then on the seventh day I rested and relaxed.

Isaiah 58:13

But first, you must start respecting the Sabbath as a joyful day of worship. You must stop doing and saying whatever you please on this special day.

John 5:17

But Jesus said, “My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working.”

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day of the week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your oxen or donkeys or any other animal, not even those foreigners who live in your towns. And don't make your slaves do any work.

Hebrews 4:10

On that day God's people will rest from their work, just as God rested from his work.

Hebrews 4:4

In fact, somewhere the Scriptures say that by the seventh day, God had finished his work, and so he rested.