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.
KJV
Et benedixit diei septimo, et sanctificavit illum, quia in ipso cessaverat ab omni opere suo quod creavit Deus ut faceret.
Vulgate
καὶ ηὐλόγησεν [ὁ θεὸς τὴν] ἡμέραν τὴν ἑβδόμην καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτήν, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῇ κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ θεὸς ποιῆσαι.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת י֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַ/יְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑/וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤/וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִ/כָּל מְלַאכְתּ֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁר בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
וֹ
v
verb · 172×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 53×
מְלֶ֥אכֶת
ml'kt
noun · 165×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×
Themes
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Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§345The sabbath - the end of the work of the six days. the sacred text says that "on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done", that the "heavens and the earth were finished", and that God "rested" on this day and sanctified and blessed it.213 These inspired words are rich in profitable instruction:
Chapter 30.—Of the Eternal Felicity of the City of God, and of the Perpetual Sabbath. How great shall be that felicity, which shall be tainted with no evil, which shall lack no good, and which shall afford leisure for the praises of God, who shall be all in all! For I know not what other employment there can be where no lassitude shall slacken activity, nor any want stimulate t…
The Meaning of Original Human Experiences The analysis of the first chapters of Genesis forces us, in a way, to reconstruct the elements that constitute man's original experience. In this sense, the character of the Yahwist text makes it a special source. Speaking of original human experiences, we have in mind not so much their distance in time, as rather their basic significa…
Further, also, it is written concerning the Sabbath in the Decalogue which the Lord spoke, face to face, to Moses on Mount Sinai, "And sanctify the Sabbath of the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart."
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 …
57. For had He been a creature, He had not said, 'He begets me,' for the creatures are from without, and are works of the Maker; but the Offspring is not from without nor a work, but from the Father, and proper to His Essence. Wherefore they are creatures; this God's Word and Only-begotten Son. For instance, Moses did not say of the creation, 'In the beginning He begot,' nor 'I…
Cross-references
- Deut 5:12 — Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
- Exod 16:22 — And 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.
- Exod 20:8 — Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Exod 20:8 — Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Exod 23:12 — Six 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.
- Exod 31:13 — Speak 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 sa
- Exod 34:21 — Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
- Exod 35:2 — Six 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.
- Ezek 20:12 — Moreover 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.
- 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 56:2 — Blessed 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.
- Isa 58:13 — If 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, n
- Jer 17:21 — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
- Lev 23:3 — Six 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.
- Lev 25:2 — Speak 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.
- Luke 23:56 — And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
- Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
- Neh 9:14 — And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
- Neh 9:14 — And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
- Neh 13:15 — In 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 Je
- Prov 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.