God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Genesis 2:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done. [Exod. 20:11.] American Standard Version (1901) And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. Common English Bible God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation. Catholic Public Domain Version And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. |
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
You revealed your holy Sabbath to them, and gave them commands, statutes, and instruction through your servant Moses.
‘Do your work for six days but rest on the seventh day so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave as well as the resident foreigner may be refreshed.
‘You are to labour six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during ploughing and harvesting times.
I also gave them my Sabbaths to serve as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I am the Lord who consecrates them.
‘Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you live.
Then he told them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.