Genesis 2:2

2:2 By ¹  the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, ²  and he ceased ³  on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Genesis 27:30

27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left ⁴  his father’s ⁵  presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. ⁶ 

Genesis 43:2

43:2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 44:12

44:12 Then the man ⁷  searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

Genesis 49:33

49:33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went ⁸  to his people.

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¹ tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”

² tn Heb “his work which he did [or “made”].”

³ 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.

⁴ tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic.

⁵ tn Heb “the presence of Isaac his father.” The repetition of the proper name (“Isaac”) was

⁶ tn Heb “and Esau his brother came from his hunt.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “was gathered.”