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The Seventh Day—Rest

So the ·sky [heavens], the earth, and all ·that filled them [L their hosts] were ·finished [completed]. By the seventh day God ·finished [completed] the work he had been doing, so he ·rested [or ceased] from all his work [L he had done]. God blessed the seventh day and ·made it a holy day [consecrated it; set it apart], because on that day he ·rested [or ceased] from all the work he had done in creating [1:1] the world.

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