Genesis 2:14

2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:2

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

Genesis 8:3

8:3 The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.

Jeremiah 51:63

51:63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

tn Heb “Asshur” (so NEB, NIV).

tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”

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

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.

tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”

tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.

tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.