Genesis 2:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And God blessed the seuenth daye, & sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke whiche God ordeyned to make.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-yəḇāreḵ ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-yôm haššəḇîʿî wə-yəqaddēš ʾōṯô kî ḇô šāḇaṯ from-all-məlaʾḵtô which-bārāʾ ʾĕlōhîm laʿăśôṯ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəḇāreḵ*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he blessed
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
• *haššəḇîʿî*: definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the seventh
• *wə-yəqaddēš*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he sanctified/made holy
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it/him
• *kî*: conjunction - because/for
• *ḇô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in it
• *šāḇaṯ*: Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he rested/ceased
• *məlaʾḵtô*: noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his work
• *bārāʾ*: Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he created
• *laʿăśôṯ*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to make/to do

Word Meanings

• *yəḇāreḵ*: blessed/commended/favored
• *yəqaddēš*: sanctified/made holy/consecrated/set apart
• *šāḇaṯ*: rested/ceased/desisted
• *bārāʾ*: created/brought into existence
• *laʿăśôṯ*: to make/to do/to perform/to accomplish

Referenced Verses

• Lev 23:3 : 3 Sixe dayes ye shall worke: but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of rest, an holy couocation, so that ye do no worke therin: it is the Sabboth of the Lorde in all your dwellynges.
• Mark 2:27 : 27 And he sayde vnto them: The Sabboth was made for man, and not man for the Sabboth.
• Isa 58:13-14 : 13 Yea if thou turne thy feete from the sabbath, so that thou do not the thing whiche pleaseth thy selfe in my holy day, and thou call the pleasaunt, holy, and glorious sabbath of the Lorde, and that thou geue hym the honour, so that thou do not after thyne owne imagination, neither seeke thyne owne wyll, nor speake thyne owne wordes: 14 Then shalt thou haue thy pleasure in the Lorde, and I wyll cary thee hye aboue the earth, and feede thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father: for the Lordes owne mouth hath so promised.
• Jer 17:21-27 : 21 Thus the Lorde comaundeth, Take heede for your lyues that ye cary no burthen vpon you in the Sabbath, to bryng it through the gates of Hierusalem. 22 Ye shall beare no burthen also out of your houses in the Sabbath, you shall do no labour therin: but halowe the Sabbath, as I commaunded your fathers. 23 Howbeit they obeyed me not, neither hearkened they vnto me: but were obstinate & stubburne, and neither obeyed me, nor receaued my correction. 24 Neuerthelesse, yf ye wyll heare me saith the Lorde, and beare no burthen into the citie through this gate vpon the Sabbath, yf ye wyll halowe the Sabbath, so that ye do no worke therin: 25 Then shall there go through the gates of this citie kynges and princes that shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid, they shalbe caryed vpon charrettes, and ride vpon horses, both they & their princes: yea whole Iuda and all the citezins of Hierusalem shall go here through, and this citie shall euer be inhabited. 26 There shall come men also from the cities of Iuda, from about Hierusalem, and from the lande of Beniamin, from the plaine fieldes, from the moutaynes, and from the wildernesse, which shall bryng burnt offerynges, sacrifices, oblations, and incense, and offer vp thankesgeuyng in the house of the Lorde. 27 But yf ye wyll not be obedient vnto me to halowe the Sabbath, so that ye wyll beare your burthens through the gates of Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath: then shall I set fire vpon the gates of Hierusalem, and it shall burne vp the houses of Hierusalem, and no man shalbe able to quenche it.
• Ezek 20:12 : 12 I gaue them also my Sabbath dayes to be a token betwixt me and them, and therby to knowe that I am the Lorde which halowe them.
• Luke 23:56 : 56 And they returned, and prepared sweete odours and oyntmentes: but rested the Sabbath day, according to the commaundement.
• Heb 4:4-9 : 4 For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye on this wyse: And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his workes. 5 And in this place againe: yf they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seing therfore it foloweth, that some must enter there into, and they to who the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe. 7 Againe, he appoynteth a certaine day, by to day, saying in Dauid after so long a tyme (as it is sayde:) To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce, harde not your hearts. 8 For yf Iesus had geuen them reste, then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day. 9 There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entred into his rest, hath ceassed also from his owne workes, as God dyd from his.
• Lev 25:2-3 : 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them: When ye be come into ye lande which I geue you, the lande shall rest and kepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde. 3 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy fielde, and sixe yeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde, and gather in the fruite therof.
• Deut 5:12-14 : 12 Kepe the Sabbath day, that thou sanctifie it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee. 13 Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and do all that thou hast to do: 14 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God: thou shalt not do any worke, thou nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruaunt, nor thy mayde, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, nor any of thy cattell, nor the straunger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruaunt, and thy mayde, may rest as well as thou.
• Neh 9:14 : 14 And declaredst vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commaundedst them preceptes, ordinaunces, and lawes, by the hande of Moyses thy seruaunt:
• Neh 13:15-22 : 15 And the same time sawe I in Iuda some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheues, and which laded asses also with wine, grapes, and figges, and all burthens, and brought them into Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath day: And I rebuked them earnestly the same day that they solde the vitayles. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and all maner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the childre of Iuda, euen in Hierusalem. 17 Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda, & sayd vnto them: What euyl thing is this that ye do, & breake the Sabbath day? 18 Dyd not your fathers euen thus, and our God brought all this plague vpon vs, and vpon this citie? And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel, in that ye breake the Sabbath? 19 And when the portes of Hierusalem began to be darke in the euening before the Sabbath, I commaunded to shut the gates, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates, that there shoulde no burthen be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares. 21 Then reproued I them sore, and sayde vnto them: Why tary ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once againe, I will lay handes vpon you: From that time foorth came they no more on the Sabbath. 22 And I said vnto the Leuites, that they should clense them selues, and that they shoulde come and kepe the gates, to halowe the Sabboth day: Thinke vpon me O my God concerning this also, and spare me, according to thy great mercie.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche: and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it.
• Exod 16:22-30 : 22 And the sixt day they gathered twise as muche bread, two gomers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and tolde Moyses. 23 He sayd vnto them, This is that whiche the Lorde hath sayd: To morowe is the rest of the holy sabboth vnto the Lorde, bake that whiche you will bake to day, and sethe that ye will sethe, and that whiche remayneth, lay vp tyll the mornyng. 24 And they layed it vp till the morning as Moyses bad: and it did not corrupt, neyther bred there any worme therein. 25 And Moyses sayde: eate that to day, for it is the sabboth vnto the Lorde, to day ye shall not finde it in the fielde. 26 Sixe dayes ye shall gather it, and in the seuenth day whiche is the sabboth, in it there shalbe none. 27 Notwithstandyng, there went out some of the people in the seuenth day for to gather, and they founde none. 28 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Howe long refuse ye to kepe my commaundementes and my lawes? 29 See, the Lorde hath geuen you a sabboth, therfore he geueth you the sixt day bread for two dayes: byde therfore euerye man at home, and let no man go out of his place the seuenth day. 30 And the people rested the seuenth day.
• Exod 20:8-9 : 8 Remember the sabboth day that thou sanctifie it. 9 Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do. 10 But the seuenth day is the sabboth of the Lorde thy God: in it thou shalt do no maner of worke, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, thy man seruaunt, and thy mayde seruaunt, thy cattel, and the straunger that is within thy gates. 11 For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day, and halowed it.
• Exod 23:12 : 12 Sixe daies thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: that thyne oxe and thyne asse may rest, and the sonne of thy mayde and the straunger may be refreshed.
• Exod 31:13-17 : 13 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say, In any wyse see that ye kepe my Sabbothes: for it is a signe betweene me & you in your generations, for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doth sanctifie you. 14 Kepe my Sabboth therefore, for it is holy vnto you. He that defileth it shalbe put to death: for whosoeuer worketh therin, the same soule shalbe rooted out from amongst his people. 15 Six dayes shall men worke, and in the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the holy rest of the Lorde: whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth day shall dye the death. 16 Wherefore let the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth, that they obserue the Sabboth throughout their generations: it is a perpetuall couenaunt. 17 For it is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in six dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth, and in the seuenth day he rested and was refreshed.
• Exod 34:21 : 21 Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, both from earyng and reapyng.
• Exod 35:2-3 : 2 Sixe dayes ye shall worke: but the seuenth day shalbe vnto you the holy Sabboth of the lordes rest, whosoeuer doth any worke therin, shall dye. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitation vpo the Sabboth day.
• Isa 56:2-7 : 2 Blessed is the man that doth this, and the mans childe which keepeth the same: He that taketh heede that he vnhalowe not the Sabbath that is he that keepeth him selfe that he do no euill. 3 Then shall not the straunger whiche cleaueth to the Lorde, say, Alas the Lorde hath shut me cleane out from his people: Neither shall the gelded man say, Lo I am a drye tree. 4 For thus saith the Lorde vnto the gelded that kepeth my Sabbath, namelye that holdeth greatly of the thyng that pleaseth me, and kepeth my couenaunt: 5 Unto them wyll I geue in my householde and within my walles, a better heritage and name then yf they had ben called sonnes and daughters: I wyll geue them an euerlastyng name that shall not perishe. 6 Agayne, the straungers that sticke to the Lorde to serue hym, and to loue his name, and to be his seruauntes, and all they which kepe them selues that they vnhalowe not the Sabbath, namely that they fulfyll my couenaunt: 7 Them will I bring to my holy mountayne, & make them ioyfull in my house of prayer: their burnt offerynges and sacrifices shalbe accepted vpon myne aulter: for my house shalbe called an house of prayer for all people.