For in the seventh day God ended his work which he had made, (A)and the seventh day he [a]rested from all his work, which he had made.

So God blessed the seventh day, and [b]sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made.

¶ These are the [c]generations of the heavens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day, that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:2 For he had now finished his creation, but his providence still watcheth over his creatures, and governeth them.
  2. Genesis 2:3 Appointed it to be kept holy, that man might therein consider the excellency of his works and God’s goodness toward him.
  3. Genesis 2:4 Or, the original and beginning.

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