Genesis 2:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God createda and made. ”

Genesis 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Seventh Day 1. צבא tsābā' “a host in marching order,” a company of persons or things in the order of their nature and the progressive discharge of their functions. Hence, it is appli...
Genesis 2:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God blessed the seventh day, and (c) sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. (c) Appointed it to be kept holy, that man might in it consider...
Genesis 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Thus in six days God completed His work of creation, and as He reviewed it He uttered the same verdict on the whole, only in a heightened form (very good and not merely good) that He had uttered on t...
Genesis 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

created. See note on Genesis 1:1 . The Introduction ( Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 2:3 ) is the summary: Genesis 2:4-25 gives the details of Genesis 1 : Genesis 2:9-14 coming historically between v...
Genesis 2:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And God blessed the seventh day It appears that God is here said to bless according to the manner of men, because they bless him whom they highly extol. Nevertheless, even in this sense,...
Genesis 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2 APPOINTMENT OF THE SABBATH Genesis 2:2-3 . 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. And God bl...
Genesis 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. And God blessed the seventh day - The original word ברך barach, whic...
Genesis 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it— Blessed , i.e.. says Mr. Locke, appointed it to be kept as a day of holy rejoicing; and sanctified it, i.e. . separated, or set it apart, for his o...
Genesis 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. On the creation...
Genesis 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Creation 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jew...
Genesis 2:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation ( Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 ) the Deity is simply called Elohim. This word is strictly a plural of...
Genesis 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Genesis 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man in Eden, Innocence Genesis 2:1-17 The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from the use of the same term for God- Elohim. God's Rest was not from weariness, or exh...
Genesis 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account. First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed" s...
Genesis 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Deuteronomy 5:14 . How beautiful is it to behold the first institu...
Genesis 2:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SACRED DAY ‘And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which god created and made.’ Genesis 2:3 I. Whether the patriarchs wer...
Genesis 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it ,.... A day in which he took delight and pleasure, having finished all his works, and resting from them, and looking over them as very good; and so...
Genesis 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Ver. 3. God blessed the seventh day, ] i.e., made it an effectual...
Genesis 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God blessed the seventh day He conferred on it peculiar honour, and annexed to it special privileges above those granted to any other day; and sanctified it That is, separated it from common use,...
Genesis 2:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SEVENTH DAY The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1. "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." The work of the first creation occupie...
Genesis 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Creation. B. C. 4004. 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the ho...
Genesis 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God blessed the seventh day, by conferring special honours and privileges upon it above all other days, that it should be a day of solemn rest and rejoicing and celebration of God and his works, an...
Genesis 2:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made, and he rested (ceased work) on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, be...
Genesis 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 2:2 . Rested] “Kept sabbath,” i.e. “observed a sacred, festive quiet.” A good worker does his work well, and leaves off when he has done. The very crown of his work is...
Genesis 2:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

sanctified In the Old Testament The same Hebrew word (qodesh) is translated sanctify, consecrate, dedicate, and holy. It means, set apart for the service of God. See refs. Following "Sanctify,...
Genesis 2:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:3 I. Whether the patriarchs were or were not commanded to keep the Sabbath is a thing which we can never know; it is no safe foundation for our thinking ourselves bound to keep it, that...
Genesis 2:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:1-8 . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his wo...
Genesis 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:1 . By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6 . Genesis 2:2 . On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads...
Genesis 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

He rested on the seventh day The Divine Sabbath: I. THE DIVINE COMPLETION OF HIS CREATIVE WORK. No further creations. II. THE DIVINE CONTEMPLATION OF HIS CREATIVE WORK. Everything complete....
Genesis 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished. Literally, and finished were the heavens and the earth, the emphatic position being occupied by the verb. With the cre...
Genesis 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sabbath of Creation
Genesis 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

blessed. Exodus 16:22-30 Exodus 20:8-11 Exodus 23:12 Exodus 31:13-17 Exodus 34:21 Exodus 35:2 Exodus 35:3 Leviticus 23:3 Leviticus 25:2 Leviticus 25:3 Deuteronomy 5:12-14 Nehem...
Genesis 2:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Beginning and the Beginning Again Genesis 1:26-31 ; Genesis 2:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The word Genesis means the "beginning." It is the first Book of the Bible, and in its opening Chapter...

Genesis 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 2:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 2:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary