Genesis 2:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creation that He had done.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 23:3 : 3 For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.
  • Mark 2:27 : 27 Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'
  • Isa 58:13-14 : 13 If you keep your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking idle words, 14 then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of Jacob your ancestor. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  • Jer 17:21-27 : 21 This is what the LORD says: 'Be careful not to carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.' 22 Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors. 23 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear. They stiffened their necks and would not listen or take correction. 24 But if you diligently obey Me, declares the LORD, and do not bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, 25 then kings and princes who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this city, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and the people of Judah and Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever. 26 People will come from the cities of Judah and the areas surrounding Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, the western foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, incense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD. 27 But if you do not obey Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any loads as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and will not be extinguished.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.
  • Luke 23:56 : 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
  • Heb 4:4-9 : 4 For somewhere He has said this about the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works." 5 And again, in the same passage, "They shall not enter My rest." 6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience, 7 He again appoints a certain day—'Today'—saying through David after such a long time, as it was previously stated: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts." 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 10 For the one who has entered His rest has also rested from his own works, just as God did from His.
  • Lev 25:2-3 : 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you come into the land that I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the LORD. 3 For six years, you may sow your field and prune your vineyard, and gather its produce;
  • Deut 5:12-14 : 12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 14 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.
  • Neh 9:14 : 14 You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses.
  • Neh 13:15-22 : 15 In those days, I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain, loading them on donkeys, as well as carrying wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, bringing them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So, I warned them on the day they were selling their provisions. 16 People from Tyre who lived there were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in Jerusalem. 17 I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? 18 Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster upon us and upon this city? Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath!" 19 When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be shut and directed that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Once or twice, the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares spent the night outside Jerusalem. 21 But I warned them and said, "Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on, they did not come on the Sabbath. 22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me also for this, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.
  • Exod 16:22-30 : 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread—two omers for each person—and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil today, and save whatever is left over to keep until morning.'" 24 So they saved it until morning as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or have maggots in it. 25 Moses said, "Eat it today, because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it in the field today. 26 For six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will not be any." 27 However, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found nothing. 28 Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions? 29 Understand that the LORD has given you the sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are; no one is to go out on the seventh day." 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
  • Exod 20:8-9 : 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates. 11 For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant and the foreigner may be refreshed.
  • Exod 31:13-17 : 13 Speak to the Israelites and say: 'You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people. 15 For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations. 17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.
  • Exod 34:21 : 21 You are to work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the plowing season and the harvest you must rest.
  • Exod 35:2-3 : 2 Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death. 3 You shall not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.
  • Isa 56:2-7 : 2 Blessed is the person who does this, the one who holds fast to it: keeping the Sabbath without profaning it and guarding their hands from doing any evil. 3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely exclude me from His people.' And let no eunuch say, 'I am a dry tree.' 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant, 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.' 6 And to the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold firmly to my covenant— 7 'I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 2:1-2
    2 verses
    93%

    1So the heavens, the earth, and everything in them were completed.

    2On the seventh day, God finished the work He had been doing. On that day, He rested from all the work He had accomplished.

  • Exod 20:8-11
    4 verses
    86%

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

    11For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

  • Heb 4:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    3For we who have believed are entering that rest, just as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,'" even though His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

    4For somewhere He has said this about the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works."

    5And again, in the same passage, "They shall not enter My rest."

  • Exod 31:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

    16The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.

    17It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    80%

    29Understand that the LORD has given you the sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are; no one is to go out on the seventh day."

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

    10For the one who has entered His rest has also rested from his own works, just as God did from His.

  • Lev 23:3
    77%

    3For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

  • Gen 2:4
    76%

    4These are the records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

  • Exod 34:21
    75%

    21You are to work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the plowing season and the harvest you must rest.

  • Gen 1:31
    74%

    31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  • Exod 35:2
    73%

    2Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

  • Deut 5:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    13Six days you shall labor and do all your work.

    14But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.

  • Exod 23:12
    71%

    12For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant and the foreigner may be refreshed.

  • Num 28:25
    70%

    25On the seventh day, you shall have a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

  • Gen 1:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

    8God called the vault 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

  • Gen 1:13
    70%

    13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

  • Gen 1:27
    70%

    27So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

  • Gen 1:22
    69%

    22God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

  • Deut 16:8
    69%

    8For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You must not do any work.

  • Gen 5:2
    68%

    2He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them 'Mankind' on the day they were created.

  • Gen 1:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

  • Ps 115:15
    68%

    15May you be blessed by the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.

  • Mark 2:27
    68%

    27Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

  • Gen 2:15
    68%

    15The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it.

  • Exod 31:13
    68%

    13Speak to the Israelites and say: 'You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Jer 17:22
    68%

    22Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.