indication of the veracity of the record that we have, for if the account were simply an invention of a later author, particularly from the exilic or post-exilic period, then it would have been natural to introduce more reference to the Sabbath than is found in Genesis 2:1–3. Lincoln9 notes this. He believes that the Sabbath was given to Israel through Moses, yet comments on Jewish interpretations which make it cosmic and eternal. (b) It would be expected that other nations would have some concept