Discovery BoxGenesis 2:2 
Context2:2 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 39:10
Context39:10 Even though she continued to speak 4 to Joseph day after day, he did not respond 5 to her invitation to have sex with her. 6
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 verse begins with the temporal indicator, followed by the infinitive construct with the preposition כְּ (kÿ). This clause could therefore be taken as temporal.
5 tn Heb “listen to.”
6 tn Heb “to lie beside her to be with her.” Here the expression “to lie beside” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
