Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
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4This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had created, and yes, it was very good. So there was evening, and then the morning, making day six.
Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Exodus 31:13“Tell the Israelites, ‘It's absolutely essential that you keep my Sabbaths. The Sabbath will be a sign between me and you for generations to come, so that you'll know that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
Exodus 35:2Six days you can work, but the seventh day is to be a holy Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Anyone who does any work on the Sabbath day must be killed.
Leviticus 25:2“Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land that I'm giving you, the land itself must also observe a Sabbath rest in honor of the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:14You explained your holy Sabbath to them. You gave them commandments and regulations and laws through your servant Moses.
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 →