Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
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Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Exodus 20:8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 31:13“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Exodus 35:2‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
Leviticus 25:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD.
Nehemiah 9:14and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by 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 →