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 darkness, and in everything. (JUB) 17 And He gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six days, but keep Sabbath on the seventh day from all work. (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 2:15–17
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