Genesis 2:3
New King James Version
3 Then God (A)blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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Genesis 2:3
Amplified Bible
3 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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Genesis 2:3-4
The Message
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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