Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
KJV
Sex enim diebus fecit Dominus cælum et terram, et mare, et omnia quæ in eis sunt, et requievit in die septimo : idcirco benedixit Dominus diei sabbati, et sanctificavit eum.
Vulgate
ἐν γὰρ ἓξ ἡμέραις ἐποίησεν Κύριος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ κατέπαυσεν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ· διὰ τοῦτο εὐλόγησεν Κύριος τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἑβδόμην καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτήν.
LXX
for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
ASV
כִּ֣י שֵֽׁשֶׁת יָמִים֩ עָשָׂ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֶת הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם וְ/אֶת הָ/אָ֗רֶץ אֶת הַ/יָּם֙ וְ/אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּ֔/ם וַ/יָּ֖נַח בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֑י עַל כֵּ֗ן בֵּרַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת י֥וֹם הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖ת וַֽ/יְקַדְּשֵֽׁ/הוּ
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§2056The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."11 God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God,"12 unlike the other commandments written by Moses.13 They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus 14 and Deuteronomy.15 Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books ref…
§2169In speaking of the sabbath Scripture recalls creation: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it."93
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished. Moses now teaches that the work of creation was accomplished not by one continued act, but was distributed through six days, for the purpose of accommodating the work to our capacity. God rested on the seventh day, not because he was weary, but to invite us by his own example to the contemplation of his works. The Sabbath therefore …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 9:3 — And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes
- Acts 4:24 — And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
- Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and
- Exod 29:1 — And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
- Exod 31:17 — It 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.
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Gen 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.
- Heb 4:3 — For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Heb 4:4 — For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
- Isa 48:13 — Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
- Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
- Ps 95:4 — In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
- Ps 102:25 — Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
- Ps 146:6 — Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- Rev 4:11 — Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
- Rev 14:7 — Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.