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Genesis 2:2

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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 49:33

Context

49:33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went 4  to his people.

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[2:2]  1 tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”

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

[2:2]  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.

[49:33]  4 tn Heb “was gathered.”



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