Genesis 2:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.(A) 2 [a]On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing; he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.(B) 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.(C)
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- 2:2 The mention of the seventh day, repeated in v. 3, is outside the series of six days and is thus the climax of the account. The focus of the account is God. The text does not actually institute the practice of keeping the Sabbath, for it would have been anachronistic to establish at this point a custom that was distinctively Israelite (Ex 31:13, 16, 17), but it lays the foundation for the later practice. Similarly, ancient creation accounts often ended with the construction of a temple where the newly created human race provided service to the gods who created them, but no temple is mentioned in this account. As was the case with the Sabbath, it would have been anachronistic to institute the temple at this point, for Israel did not yet exist. In Ex 25–31 and 35–40, Israel builds the tabernacle, which is the precursor of the Temple of Solomon.
Genesis 2:1-3
Good News Translation
2 And so the whole universe was completed. 2 (A)By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. 3 He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation[a] and stopped working.
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- Genesis 2:3 by that day he had completed his creation; or on that day he completed his creation.
Genesis 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. 2 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. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
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Genesis 2:1-3
New American Standard Bible
2 And so the heavens and the earth were completed, and all (A)their heavenly [a]lights. 2 By (B)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and (C)He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created [b]and made.
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- Genesis 2:1 Lit host i.e., sun, stars, etc.
- Genesis 2:3 Lit to make
Genesis 2:1-3
New International Version
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)
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