matter of Genesis 2:2, namely that God had ceased from his work. The seventh day is mentioned three times (Genesis 2:2, twice; 2:3), each time in a sequence of seven words. In this way, Genesis 2:2–3 combines the creation account of Genesis 1 with a sabbath in a seven-day scheme.3 The account of God’s Sabbath-keeping, therefore, is of a piece with the whole narrative; this is the point to which it has been moving: the point of completion and consummation. So what did God do on the seventh day of
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