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Genesis 2:2-3. New King James Version. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. Read full chapter. Genesis 1.
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. New Living Translation. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. English Standard Version.
Genesis 2:2 Context. 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And 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 ...
Jan 4, 2022 · In Genesis 2:2 the understanding is that God “stopped” His work; He “ceased” creating on the seventh day. All that He had created was good, and His work was finished. The context of Genesis 1–2 strongly affirms the idea of God’s “rest” being a cessation of work, not a reinvigoration after work.
Genesis 2:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT) 2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Endurance and Promises. Without Words III: Genesis. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He.
Here, in verse 3, God does two things: He blesses the seventh day, and He makes it holy. What does it mean to bless a day? In chapter 1, God's blessing was tied to the fertility of His creation, to reproduction and populating the earth.
