The Seventh Day, God Rests

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,

and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.

Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

And he set a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban's flock.

And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer.

He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

And as he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.”

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

He said, “Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent.”

He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor.

Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your cloak.” So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.

And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”

he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’”

So the people rested on the seventh day.

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Laws About Restitution

“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.