Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God + 2:3 Or, made in the beginning. See Acts 1:1. began to do.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2+ 2:2 Heb 4:4 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.

4This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when + 2:4 Or, it took place. they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,

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Cross References

Genesis 1:31And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Exodus 20:8Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.

Exodus 31:13Do you also charge the children of Israel, saying, Take heed and keep my sabbaths; for they are a sign with me and among you throughout your generations, that you⌃ may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you.

Exodus 35:2Six days shall you perform works, but on the seventh day shall be rest—a holy sabbath—a rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die.

Leviticus 25:2Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whenever you⌃ shall have entered into the land, which I give to you, then the land shall rest which I give to you, for its sabbaths to the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:14And you did make known to them your holy sabbath; you did enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of 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 →

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