KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 2:2
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
WEB World English Bible
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
ASV American Standard Version
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
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.
4 These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.
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וַיְכַ֤לH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹH4399 · me.la.khahworkאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֑הH6213 · a.sahto make: doוַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙H7673 · sha.vatto ceaseבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹH4399 · me.la.khahworkאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָֽׂה׃H6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Hebrews 4:4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.Exodus 31:17It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.Deuteronomy 5:14But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.Exodus 23:12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.Exodus 20:8-11Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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