Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day, and made it set apart holy, because he rested in it from all his work of barah' ·creation from nothingness· which he had done. + 2:3 Day 7: God rests and appreciates his creation; He spoke and, in obedience, creation came into being (Col 1:12-17). In Hebrew, shavat means ·rested·; this is why the seventh day is called Shabbat ·repose, desist· (Ex. 20:11). (A:4, S:2)

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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

2On the seventh 'yom ·period of time, day· God finished his work which he had done; and he shavat ·rested· + 2:2. Quoted in Heb 4:4 on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. On the day that Adonai God made earth and heaven,

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Cross References

Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was m'ohd tov ·exceedingly good·. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth 'yom ·period of time, day·.

Exodus 20:8+ 20:8. Ex 20:8; Deut 5:12 (Gen 2:1-3; Ex 20:8-11) (#4.280): T. To set apart the seventh day, Sabbath day, and keep it holy / R. To sanctify the day with Kiddush ·Sanctification· and Havdallah ·Separation·; these are the rituals and prayers associated with bringing in Sabbath Friday night (7th day) and closing Sabbath Saturday evening (1st day) T. Reason: Sabbath is a remembrance that God rested from all his works and blessed the seventh day (Gen 2:1-3) / R. Quoting, Rabbi Shimon ben Menasia said “The Sabbath was handed to you, not you to the Sabbath”. Rabbi Yeshua says “Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27) R. Directive: You are not to harvest on Sabbath according to (Ex 34:21). The Rabbis define what constitutes harvesting as: picking grain, removing the husks, rubbing the heads, cleaning or bruising the ears, throwing the ears up in the hand “Remember the Shabath ·Intermission· day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 31:13“Speak also to the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, ‘Most certainly you shall keep my Shab'totay ·Intermissions·: for it is a sign between me and you throughout all your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh M’Kaddesh [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes you holy].

Exodus 35:2‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Shabath ·Intermission· of solemn rest to Adonai: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

Leviticus 25:2“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Shabath ·Intermission· to Adonai.

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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