3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Genesis 2:3
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2 Enoch 32:3–4
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Exodus 20:10–12
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Epistle of Barnabas 15:2–4
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Hebrews 4:3–5
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Book of Jubilees 2:24–26
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Odes of Solomon 16:11–13
11 He measured the heavens and fixed the stars: and He established the creation and set it up: (ODE) 12 And He rested from His works: (ODE) 13 And created things run in their courses, and do their works: (ODE)
Book of Jubilees 2:16–18
16 And He finished all his work on the sixth day -all that is in the heavens and on the earth, and in the seas and in the abysses, and in the light and in the darkness, and in everything. (JUB) 17 And He gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six days,… (JUB)
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