Genesis 2:3
And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
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4These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Exodus 20:8Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
Exodus 31:13Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
Exodus 35:2Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.
Leviticus 25:2Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:14And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:2-4
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 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. We have here, I. The settlement of the kingdom of nature, in God's resting from the work of creation, v. 1, 2 . Here observe, 1. The creatures made… Read the whole commentary →