Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created
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.
Holman Bible
God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested
International Standard Version
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on everything that he had been creating.
A Conservative Version
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
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.
Amplified
So God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it [as His own, that is, set it apart as holy from other days], because in it He rested from all His work which He had created and done.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will praise the seventh day, and will consecrate it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God formed to make.
King James 2000
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified it, because on it he rested from all his work {of creating that [there was] to do}.
Modern King James verseion
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; for in it he rested from all his works which he had created and made.
NET Bible
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.
New Heart English Bible
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
The Emphasized Bible
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, - because therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.
Webster
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 which he had created and made.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Resting
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As lord of the sabbath
Creation » God rested from, on the seventh day
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Lord of the sabbath
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
Sabbath » General references to
Sabbath » What day the sabbath falls upon
Sabbath » Religious usages on the
Sabbath » Signifying a period of rest
The sabbath » God » Sanctified
The sabbath » Grounds of its institution
The sabbath » Instituted by God
Sanctification » What is sanctified
Seven » Certainties, seven that face the unrepentant sinner » Days
Topics
Interlinear
Barak
Yowm
M@la'kah
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:3
Prayers for Genesis 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
2 And God had finished on the seventh day 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 hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it. 4 These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,
Cross References
Leviticus 23:3
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; no manner of work shall ye do: it is the sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.
Mark 2:27
And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;
Exodus 16:22-30
And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the sabbath day to hallow it.
Exodus 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, but 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.
Exodus 31:13-17
And thou, speak thou unto the children of Israel, saying, Surely my sabbaths shall ye keep; for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that it is I, Jehovah, who do hallow you.
Exodus 34:21
Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in ploughing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exodus 35:2-3
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah: whoever does work on it shall be put to death.
Leviticus 25:2-3
Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land that I will give you, the land shall celebrate a sabbath to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 5:12-14
Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee.
Nehemiah 9:14
And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
Nehemiah 13:15-22
In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading them on asses; as also wine, grapes and figs, and all manner of burdens; and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I protested in the day on which they sold the victuals.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.
Isaiah 56:2-7
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 58:13-14
If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking idle words;
Jeremiah 17:21-27
thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the gates of Jerusalem;
Ezekiel 20:12
And I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that hallow them.
Luke 23:56
And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.
Hebrews 4:4-10
For he has said somewhere of the seventh day thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works: