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Genesis 2:3

Rest and sabbathGod's holiness

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

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.

4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

5 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.
BLB
And God blessed the seventh day, and He sanctified it, because on it He ceased from all His work that God had created for making.
ÅB
Og Gud velsignet den syvende dag og helliget den; for på den hvilte han fra all sin gjerning, den som Gud gjorde da han skapte.
OTB
Da velsignet Gud den sjuende dagen og gjorde den hellig, fordi på den hvilte Han fra alt skapelsesarbeidet Han hadde utført.
B1930
Og Gud velsignet den syvende dag og helliget den; for på den hvilte han fra all sin gjerning, den som Gud gjorde da han skapte.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 23:3

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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  • Mark 2:27

    Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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  • Ezekiel 20:12

    I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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  • Exodus 31:13–17

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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  • Luke 23:56

    Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

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  • Exodus 34:21

    Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

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  • Exodus 35:2–3

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

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  • Jeremiah 17:21–27

    This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

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