Genesis 2:2

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.

Genesis 18:8

18:8 Abraham ⁴  then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food ⁵  before them. They ate while ⁶  he was standing near them under a tree.

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.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The words “the food” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the verb has no stated object.

⁶ tn The disjunctive clause is a temporal circumstantial clause subordinate to the main verb.