Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. New Living Translation On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. English Standard Version And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Berean Standard Bible And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. NASB 1995 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. NASB 1977 And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Legacy Standard Bible And on the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Amplified Bible And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing. Good News Translation By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. International Standard Version By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done. Majority Standard Bible And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. NET Bible By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. New Heart English Bible And on the sixth day God finished his works which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his works which he had made. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand God completes by the seventh day His work which He has made, and ceases by the seventh day from all His work which He has made. Young's Literal Translation and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. Smith's Literal Translation And God will complete in the seventh day his work which he made, and he will rest in the seventh day from all his work which he made. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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 done. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. New American Bible On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing; he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. New Revised Standard Version And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd on the sixth day God, finished his works which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his works which he had made. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And in the sixth day, God finished his works that he made, and he was refreshed in the seventh day from all his works that he had made. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Seventh Day1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.… Cross References Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. Hebrews 4:4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.” Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’” Hebrews 4:9-10 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Deuteronomy 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. Isaiah 58:13-14 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Psalm 95:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.” Mark 2:27-28 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.” Nehemiah 9:14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. Ezekiel 20:12 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” Luke 23:56 Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment. Treasury of Scripture 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. And on. Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. seventh day God. rested. Jump to Previous Ceaseth Completed Completeth End Ended Finished Rest Rested Seventh WorkJump to Next Ceaseth Completed Completeth End Ended Finished Rest Rested Seventh WorkGenesis 2 1. The first Sabbath.4. Further details concerning the manner of creation. 8. The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation; 15. man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge forbidden. 18. The animals are named by Adam. 21. The making of woman, and the institution of marriage. And by the seventh day The seventh day marks the completion of the creation week, a concept foundational to the biblical understanding of time and rest. The number seven often symbolizes completeness and perfection in the Bible, seen in various contexts such as the seven days of creation, the seven seals in Revelation, and the sevenfold Spirit of God. This day sets a precedent for the Sabbath, a day of rest and worship, which becomes a central aspect of Jewish and Christian practice. God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. Persons / Places / Events 1. GodThe Creator who completed His work of creation and rested on the seventh day, setting a precedent for rest. 2. Seventh Day The day God chose to rest, marking the completion of creation and establishing the concept of the Sabbath. Teaching Points The Principle of RestGod’s rest on the seventh day establishes a divine principle of rest. It is not due to fatigue but as a model for humanity to follow. Completion and Satisfaction God’s rest signifies the completion and satisfaction in His creation. We are encouraged to find satisfaction in our work and to rest in God’s provision. Sabbath as a Gift The Sabbath is a gift for humanity, providing physical rest and spiritual renewal. It is a time to focus on God and His creation. Balance in Work and Rest The creation account teaches the importance of balancing work and rest. Overworking can lead to burnout, while rest rejuvenates and restores. Spiritual Rest in Christ Beyond physical rest, believers are invited into a spiritual rest in Christ, ceasing from striving and trusting in His finished work.(2) God ended his work.--Not all work (see John 5:17, and Note in loc.), but the special work of creation. The laws given in these six days still continue their activity; they are still maintained, and there may even be with them progress and development. There is also something special on this seventh day; for in it the work of redemption was willed by the Father, wrought by the Son, and applied by the Holy Ghost. But there is no creative activity, as when vegetable or animal life began, or when a free agent first walked erect upon a world given him to subdue. The substitution, in the LXX. and Syriac, of the sixth for the seventh day, as that on which God ended His work, was probably made in order to avoid even the appearance of Elohim having put the finishing touches to creation on the Sabbath. Verse 2. - And on the seventh day God (Elohim) ended his work which he had made. To avert the possibility of imagining that any portion of the seventh day was consumed in working, which the English version seems to favor, the LXX., the Samaritan, and Syriac versions insert the sixth day in the text instead of the seventh. Calvin, Drusius, Le Clerc, Rosenmüller, and Kalisch translate had finished. Others understand the sense to be declared the work to be finished, while Baumgarten and Delitzsch regard the resting as included in the completion of the work, and Von Bohlen thinks "the language is not quite precise." But calah followed by rain signifies to cease from prosecuting any work (Exodus 34:33; 1 Samuel 10:13; Ezekiel 43:23), and this was, negatively, the aspect of that sabbatic rest into which the Creator entered. And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Shavath, the primary idea of which is to sit still, depicts Elohim as desisting from his creative labors, and assuming a posture of quiescent repose. The expression is a pure anthropomorphism. "He who fainteth not, neither is weary" (Isaiah 40:28), can be conceived of neither as resting nor as needing rest through either exhaustion or fatigue. Cessation from previous occupation is all that is implied in the figure, and is quite compatible with continuous activity in other directions. John 5:17 represents the Father as working from that period onward in the preservation and redemption of that world which by his preceding labors he had created and made.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And by the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day God אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative had finished וַיְכַ֤ל (way·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent the work מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ (mə·laḵ·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property He had been doing; עָשָׂ֑ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make so on [that] הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day He rested וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ (way·yiš·bōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion from all מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every His work. מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ (mə·laḵ·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property Links Genesis 2:2 NIVGenesis 2:2 NLT Genesis 2:2 ESV Genesis 2:2 NASB Genesis 2:2 KJV Genesis 2:2 BibleApps.com Genesis 2:2 Biblia Paralela Genesis 2:2 Chinese Bible Genesis 2:2 French Bible Genesis 2:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 2:2 On the seventh day God finished his (Gen. 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