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so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/2-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=304" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/2.htm">The Seventh Day</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">And by the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: way·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">had finished</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: mə·laḵ·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property.">the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He had been doing;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">so on that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: way·yiš·bōṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">He rested</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kāl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: mə·laḵ·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property.">His work.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Exodus 20:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-4.htm">Hebrews 4:4</a></span><br />For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/31-17.htm">Exodus 31:17</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-14.htm">Deuteronomy 5:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a></span><br />So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-13.htm">Revelation 14:13</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Nehemiah 9:14</a></span><br />You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12</a></span><br />I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Isaiah 56:2</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-56.htm">Luke 23:56</a></span><br />Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">And on.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a></b></br> And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, <i>it was</i> very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Exodus 20:11</a></b></br> For <i>in</i> six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them <i>is</i>, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-12.htm">Exodus 23:12</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">seventh day God.</p><p class="hdg">rested.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Ceaseth</a> <a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">Completeth</a> <a href="/revelation/22-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/revelation/20-7.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/revelation/20-5.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-10.htm">Rested</a> <a href="/revelation/21-20.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/revelation/22-12.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/29-35.htm">Ceaseth</a> <a href="/genesis/29-21.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Completeth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/18-33.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Rested</a> <a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">The first Sabbath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Further details concerning the manner of creation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge forbidden.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">The animals are named by Adam.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And by the seventh day</b><br>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.<p><b>God had finished the work He had been doing;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's role as the Creator who completes His work. The completion of creation signifies that everything was made according to His perfect design and purpose. The idea of God finishing His work is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus declares, "It is finished" on the cross, signifying the completion of His redemptive work. This parallel highlights the continuity of God's plan from creation to redemption.<p><b>so on that day He rested</b><br>God's rest is not due to fatigue but serves as a model for humanity. It introduces the concept of Sabbath rest, which is later codified in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>). This rest is a cessation from labor, allowing for reflection, worship, and renewal. It points to a future rest for believers, as described in <a href="/hebrews/4.htm">Hebrews 4</a>, where the ultimate rest is found in Christ.<p><b>from all His work.</b><br>The phrase underscores the totality of God's creative acts. It implies that creation was complete and perfect, lacking nothing. This cessation from work is a divine example for humans to follow, emphasizing the importance of rest and the acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over creation. It also foreshadows the eternal rest believers will experience in the new creation, where God's work of redemption and restoration is fully realized.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator who completed His work of creation and rested on the seventh day, setting a precedent for rest.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/seventh_day.htm">Seventh Day</a></b><br>The day God chose to rest, marking the completion of creation and establishing the concept of the Sabbath.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_rest.htm">The Principle of Rest</a></b><br>God’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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/completion_and_satisfaction.htm">Completion and Satisfaction</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath_as_a_gift.htm">Sabbath as a Gift</a></b><br>The Sabbath is a gift for humanity, providing physical rest and spiritual renewal. It is a time to focus on God and His creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/balance_in_work_and_rest.htm">Balance in Work and Rest</a></b><br>The creation account teaches the importance of balancing work and rest. Overworking can lead to burnout, while rest rejuvenates and restores.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_rest_in_christ.htm">Spiritual Rest in Christ</a></b><br>Beyond physical rest, believers are invited into a spiritual rest in Christ, ceasing from striving and trusting in His finished work.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_constantine_move_sabbath_to_sunday.htm">Did Constantine shift the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jesus_violate_the_sabbath_laws.htm">Did Jesus violate the Sabbath laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_sabbath_on_saturday_or_sunday.htm">Is the Sabbath on Saturday or Sunday?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_working_on_sabbath_wrong.htm">Is working on the Sabbath considered wrong?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">God ended his work.</span>--Not all work (see <a href="/john/5-17.htm" title="But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and I work.">John 5:17</a>, and Note <span class= "ital">in loc.</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>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.<p>The substitution, in the LXX. and Syriac, of the <span class= "ital">sixth </span>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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And on the seventh day God</span> (Elohim) <span class="cmt_word">ended his work which he had made.</span> 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 <span class="accented">sixth</span> day in the text instead of the seventh. Calvin, Drusius, Le Clerc, Rosenmüller, and Kalisch translate had <span class="accented">finished</span>. Others understand the sense to be <span class="accented">declared</span> 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 <span class="accented">calah</span> followed by <span class="accented">rain</span> signifies to cease from prosecuting any work (<a href="/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/10-13.htm">1 Samuel 10:13</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/43-23.htm">Ezekiel 43:23</a>), and this was, negatively, the aspect of that sabbatic rest into which the Creator entered. <span class="cmt_word">And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.</span> <span class="accented">Shavath</span>, 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" (<a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a>), 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. <a href="/john/5-17.htm">John 5:17</a> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/2-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And by the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had finished</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְכַ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the work</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·laḵ·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4399.htm">Strong's 4399: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He had been doing;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so on [that]</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He rested</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·bōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> </span><span class="str2">To repose, desist from exertion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His work.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·laḵ·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - 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