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By[a] the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing,[b] and he ceased[c] on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

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  1. Genesis 2:2 tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”
  2. Genesis 2:2 tn Heb “his work which he did [or “made”].”
  3. Genesis 2:2 tn The Hebrew term שָׁבַּת (shabbat) can be translated “to rest” (“and he rested”) but it basically means “to cease.” This is not a rest from exhaustion; it is the cessation of the work of creation.