Genesis 2:2
ContextNET © | 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. |
NIV © | By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. |
NASB © | By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. |
NLT © | On the seventh day, having finished his task, God rested from all his work. |
MSG © | By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work. |
BBE © | And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done. |
NRSV © | And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. |
NKJV © | And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. |
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NET © | 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. |
NET © Notes |
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. |