Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:2 And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. [Heb 4:9, 10] |
Bible Question: In the bible, it says earth was made in 7 days, but on the 7th day he rest. My question is. Why wouldn't the bible just say the world was made in 6 days? Is there something important about god resting on the 7th day? |
Bible Answer: You might look at 7268 with a Sabbath definition posted by kalos. You can see in the Amplified Bible that it says God ended his work on the seventh day. Searcher56 noted this issue in 229563. You can see commentaries at http://bible.cc/genesis/2-2.htm . I found an interpretation, that I don't expect anyone to accept, but does make God's resting real without the universe disappearing. It is on a page of the www.youngisrael.org website with this attestation: 2 October 2010 / 24 Tishri 5771 Daf Yomi: Avoda Zarah 49 "G-d Give Me A Break" Parshas Breisheet Rabbi Brahm Weinberg - Young Israel of West Hartford Rav Shimon Schwab in Maayan Beis Hashoeva explains the depth of Rashi’s statement and, consequently, of G-d’s creation of menucha. 'Rav Schwab asks why creation would have been incomplete without menucha? ... the world and all that was created could not have continued to exist on its own if not for Hashem’s constant involvement with it at every second. ... By resting on the Shabbos, by creating a concept of menucha what Hashems actually doing was created an opportunity for the world to continue to exist even when He ceased to be involved in its new creation; ... He is involved in the creation every day, He does sustain the creation everyday, but is not recreating it new from scratch every day.' |
Up | Down View Branch | ID# 235886 | ||
Questions and/or Subjects for Gen 2:2 | Author | ||
|
Jensen | ||
|
birchch | ||
|
birchch | ||
|
jacobp | ||
|
Searcher56 | ||
|
Calerock | ||
|
you | ||
|
escar.smith@yahoo.com |