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The Hebrew word (shavat) in Genesis has been mistranslated. It actually means that God ceased (from continuing to create new things). God does not need rest, but his cessation of creative labor gave us the concept of rest. See also:

Is there evidence for Creation?

Can you show that God exists?

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On which day did God rest, according to the belief that God rested on the seventh day?

According to the belief that God rested on the seventh day, God rested on Saturday.


Did the bible say God rested on the 8th day?

No, God rested on the 7th day.


What did god create on day 7?

Nothing. On the seventh day God rested.


Who created the right to rest and leisure?

God - On the 7th day God rested.


What did god do on the 7th day?

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.


How many days did God create the world?

he made it in 6 days and rested onm the seventh


What do christins think the world was made?

Christians believe that there one true God that made the world in six days. there was a seventh day but God rested*. *Rested means that God stopped working he didn't go to sleep


What did god do on the seventh day that he did not do for the others?

On the seventh day God rested.


What day did God 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


When did God Rested?

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God ; The 4th Commandment What is the seventh day of the week? Sunday or Saturday? Saturday. Sunday is the 1st day of the week. So God definitely rested on Saturday.


How the universe was created theories?

God made it in 6 days and rested on the 7th.


What does number 777 mean in christian religion?

7 is the number of perfection, as God created everything in 6 days and rested on the 7th, and three 7's is symbolic for the Trinity, God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.