By ¹  the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, ²  and he ceased ³  on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

biblegateway Gen 2:2

By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

By the seventh day, God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.

By the seventh day God had finished work he had been doing. On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing.

biblegateway Gen 2:2

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

bibleoremus Gen 2:2

And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.

On the sixth day God brought to an end all the work he had been doing; on the seventh day, having finished all his work,

biblegateway Gen 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

biblegateway Gen 2:2

By ¹  the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, ²  and he ceased ³  on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

¹ tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”

² tn Heb “his work which he did [or “made”].”

³ 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.