Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 on the seventh day God finished 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 in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that LORD God made earth and heaven.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:3
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. Ye shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to LORD in all your dwellings.
Mark 2:27
And he said to them, The Sabbath came into being for sake of man, and not man for sake of the Sabbath.
Exodus 16:22-30
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 23:12
Six days thou shall do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shall rest, that thine ox and thy donkey may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
Exodus 31:13-17
Speak thou also to the sons of Israel, saying, Truly ye shall keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am LORD who sanctifies you.
Exodus 34:21
Six days thou shall work, but on the seventh day thou shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest thou shall rest.
Exodus 35:2-3
Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to LORD. Whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
Leviticus 25:2-3
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a Sabbath to LORD.
Deuteronomy 5:12-14
Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as LORD thy God commanded thee.
Nehemiah 9:14
and made known to them thy holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant.
Nehemiah 13:15-22
In those days I saw in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys [therewith], as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on t
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Isaiah 56:2-7
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 58:13-14
If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of LORD honorable, and shall honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, no
Jeremiah 17:21-27
Thus says LORD: Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover I also gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am LORD who sanctifies them.
Luke 23:56
And having returned, they prepared spices and ointments. And they indeed rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Hebrews 4:4-10
For he spoke somewhere about the seventh this way, And God rested during the seventh day from all his works,