Genesis 2:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
Genesis 2:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 2:3 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 2:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.”
Genesis 2:3 — World English Bible
Genesis 2:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. ”
Genesis 2:3 — American Standard Version
Genesis 2:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.”
Genesis 2:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 2:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“AndGod blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work whichGod had created in making it. ”
Genesis 2:3 — Darby Translation
Genesis 2:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.”
Genesis 2:3 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 2:3 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all his work of creating that he had done.”
Genesis 2:3 — The Living Sword
Genesis 2:3 in Context — Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 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.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the 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,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
What Does Genesis 2:3 Mean?
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