2:2 And 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.
In 1:31 it implies that God was done creating things. In 2:1 it says everything was finished. And here it says that he's ended his work. So, maybe he's done creating things.
This verse tells us something else about God. In addition to looking like a person, he is like a person in that after working hard for six days, he's tired and needs a day off to rest. I picture him all sweaty, sprawled in a field, and wishing that he'd invented couches and air conditioning, beer and television already.
The phrasing of the first half of the verse is odd. It suggests that on the 7th day he was still finishing up somehow. But that could just be awkward phrasing.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
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