Genesis 2:3 “Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that da…”

Genesis 2:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

So God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.

Darby Translation

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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

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Cross references

“blessed”

Leviticus 23:3 Ezekiel 20:12 Mark 2:27 Exodus 31:13–17 Luke 23:56 Exodus 34:21

Leviticus 23:3 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 20:12 · BSB

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

Mark 2:27 · BSB

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

Exodus 31:13–17 · BSB

“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.

Luke 23:56 · BSB

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

Exodus 34:21 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

Read Genesis 2