1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Genesis 2:1–2
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Genesis 1:30–31
30 And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed,…
Odes of Solomon 16:11–13
11 He measured the heavens and fixed the stars: and He established the creation and set it up: (ODE) 12 And He rested from His works: (ODE) 13 And created things run in their courses, and do their works: (ODE)
Book of Jubilees 2:15–17
15 And these four kinds He created on the sixth day. And there were altogether two and twenty kinds. (JUB) 16 And He finished all his work on the sixth day -all that is in the heavens and on the earth, and in the seas and in the abysses, and in the light and in the darkne… (JUB)
Hebrews 4:3–5
3 Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4 For somewhere He has spoken abo…
2 Enoch 32:3–4
3 And I blessed all my creatures visible and invisible. And Adam was five and half hours in paradise. (2EN) 4 And I blessed the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, on which he rested from all his works. (2EN)
Exodus 20:10–12
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and… 12 …
Exodus 16:29–31
29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 Now the house of Isra…
Epistle of Barnabas 15:2–4
2 And in another place He saith; If my sons observe the Sabbath then I will bestow My mercy upon them. (BRN) 3 Of the Sabbath He speaketh in the beginning of the creation; And God made the works of His hands in six days, and He ended on the seventh day, and rested on it… (BRN)
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