According to the seventh day rest principle, God rested on the seventh day.
According to the belief that God rested on the seventh day, God rested on Saturday.
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On the seventh day God rested.
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.
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God rested on the seventh day to set an example for humans to take time to rest and reflect on their work and to acknowledge the completion of creation.
According to the Bible, on the seventh day, God rested from all his work of creation.
According to the Bible, on the seventh day, God rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.
According to Genesis, he rested. Here's a better question: Why would an all powerful, eternal and infinite entity need to rest?
== 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. 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.View the discussion page for the remaining answers
It is a commandment in the Bible for Jews to rest on the seventh day, for it took God seven days to create the world and He too rested on the seventh day.
Shabbat in Hebrew meaning "to cease" refers to the seventh day of Creation. According to the Old Testament, God completed the Creation in six day and rested in the seventh day. We take this day to pray in respect to God's work. It is commonly spelled as "Sabbath."