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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(A) because on it he rested(B) from all the work of creating(C) that he had done.

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So God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it [as His own, that is, set it apart as holy from other days], because in it He rested from all His work which He had created and done.(A)

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

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2-4 By the seventh day
    God had finished his work.
On the seventh day
    he rested from all his work.
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.

This is the story of how it all started,
    of Heaven and Earth when they were created.

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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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