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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
AndGod had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)