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By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
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Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
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The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
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So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
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Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
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Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”
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Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”
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Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.
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You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,
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It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.
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and worked them ruthlessly.
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They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
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But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!”
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Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”
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Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
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Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’”
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The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”
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Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”
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On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.
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but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.
