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By[a] the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing,[b] and he ceased[c] on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

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  1. Genesis 2:2 tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”
  2. Genesis 2:2 tn Heb “his work which he did [or “made”].”
  3. Genesis 2:2 tn The Hebrew term שָׁבַּת (shabbat) can be translated “to rest” (“and he rested”) but it basically means “to cease.” This is not a rest from exhaustion; it is the cessation of the work of creation.

On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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