KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 2:3
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
WEB World English Bible
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
ASV American Standard Version
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
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.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְבָ֤רֶךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]י֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhוַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁH6942 · qa.dashto consecrate: consecateאֹת֑וֹH853 · et[Obj.]כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforב֤וֹH9033 · ohimשָׁבַת֙H7673 · sha.vatto ceaseמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallמְלַאכְתּ֔וֹH4399 · me.la.khahworkאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבָּרָ֥אH1254 · ba.rato createאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פH6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.Mark 2:27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:Ezekiel 20:12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.Exodus 31:13-17Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.Exodus 35:2-3Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.Jeremiah 17:21-27Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;Leviticus 25:2-3Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.Isaiah 58:13-14If 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:Nehemiah 9:14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:Isaiah 56:2-7Blessed [is] the man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.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.Deuteronomy 5:12-14Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.Exodus 16:22-30And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.Hebrews 4:4-10For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.Nehemiah 13:15-22In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.
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