Genesis 2:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 2:3

1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and ^aall the host of them, were finished.

2 ^aAnd 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.

3 Then God ^ablessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

4 ^aThis is the¹ history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

5 before any ^aplant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not ^bcaused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man ^cto till the ground;

6 but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 2:3

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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® Bible
And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done.

Contemporary English Version
God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.

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.

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 and made.

New International Version
And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

New King James Version
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Revised Standard Version
So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.

Young's 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.

New English Translation
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy¹ because on it he ceased all the work that he² had been doing in creation.³

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