Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy ¹  because on it he ceased all the work that he ²  had been doing in creation. ³ 

And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from his work of creation.

God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done.

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy ¹  because on it he ceased all the work that he ²  had been doing in creation. ³ 

¹ tn The verb is usually translated “and sanctified it.” The Piel verb קִדֵּשׁ (qiddesh) means “to make something holy; to set something apart; to distinguish it.” On the literal level the phrase means essentially that God made this day different. But within the context of the Law, it means that the day belonged to God; it was for rest from ordinary labor, worship, and spiritual service. The day belonged to God.

² tn Heb “God.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “for on it he ceased from all his work which God created to make.” The last infinitive construct and the verb before it form a verbal hendiadys, the infinitive becoming the modifier – “which God creatively made,” or “which God made in his creating.”