2:2 God finished . . . he rested. The creation cycle was completed on the sixth day and God rested on the seventh, providing man with a model for the cycle of labor and rest. No mention is made of “evening and morning,” perhaps because the Sabbath ordinance continues and man is exhorted to participate in it (Ex. 31:17), and to look forward to the eternal redemptive sabbath rest (Heb. 4:3–10).