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The Seventh Day

Genesis 2:2

In 11 translations

BSB
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.Cited in Hebrews 4:4
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
LSV
and 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.
YLT
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.
DBY
And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.Elohim
DRC
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 done.
GNV
For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made.
JPS
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.
LXXE
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.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ συνετέλεσεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἕκτῃ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, ἃ ἐποίησε· καὶ κατέπαυσε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἐποίησε.

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  • Creation in six days God brings light into darkness, separates waters, reveals dry land and fills the world with plants, heavenly lights, animals and humans over…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 4:4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
  • Exodus 31:17It 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.’”
  • Deuteronomy 5:14but 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…
  • Exodus 20:8–11Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 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…
  • Exodus 23:12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
  • John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
  • Isaiah 58:13If 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…
  • Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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