Genesis 2:2

2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 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.
ESV
2 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.
NLT
2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.
MSG
2 By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work.
CSB
2 By the seventh day, God completed 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-Context

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 5:14
  • 2. ver 2-3; Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:17; Exodus 34:21; John 5:17; Hebrews 4:4*
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