English Standard Version
Genesis 2:2
2And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
Genesis 2:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
- New Living Translation (NLT)On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.
Context of Genesis 2:2
1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. 4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Read all of Genesis 2Genesis 2:2 word by word
וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 2:2
- Genesis 1:31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Exodus 20:11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
- Exodus 23:12"Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
- Exodus 31:17It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"
- Deuteronomy 5:14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
- Isaiah 58:13"If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
- John 5:17But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."
- Hebrews 4:4For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."
Commentaries on Genesis 2:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2On the Seventh day God ended, etc. - It is the general voice of Scripture that God finished the whole of the creation in six days, and rested the seventh! giving us an example that we might labor six days, and rest the seventh from all manual exercises. It is worthy of notice that the Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Samaritan, read the sixth day instead of the seventh; and this should be considered the genuine reading, which appears from these versions to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-3Verses 1-3 - The Seventh Day 1. צבא tsābā' “a host in marching order,” a company of persons or things in the order of their nature and the progressive discharge of their functions. Hence, it is applied to the starry host Deuteronomy 4:19, to the angelic host 1 Kings 22:19, to the host of Israel Exodus 12:41, and to the ministering Levites Numbers 4:23. ́ kosmos חשׁביעי chashebı̂y‛ı̂y Here השׁשׁי hashshı̂y is read by the Samaritan Pentateuch, the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Humans are the most important of God's creation (1:26–31), and day 7 is the most important of the creation week. When God rested, he approved all creation. There was nothing more needed! This seven-day framework structured Israel's week. The seventh day was the model for their weekly Sabbath. God intended for the Sabbath to celebrate his completed work. God set apart the seventh day as holy. The people dedicated it to the Creator, who also rested on this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-72. and he rested on the seventh day--not to repose from exhaustion with labor (see Is 40:28), but ceased from working, an example equivalent to a command that we also should cease from labor of every kind.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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