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The Seventh Day

With this, the universe[a] was[b] completed, including all of its vast array.[c] By the seventh day, God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on[d] everything that he had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on[e] everything that he had been creating.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:1 Lit. the heavens and the earth; i.e. space and matter
  2. Genesis 2:1 Lit. were
  3. Genesis 2:1 Lit. of their hosts; i.e. armies of sentient beings (or stars, if referring to the night sky)
  4. Genesis 2:2 Or he rested from
  5. Genesis 2:3 Or God rested from

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)

By the seventh day(B) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(C) Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(D) because on it he rested(E) from all the work of creating(F) that he had done.

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