It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. The word refreshed — yinnafesh, literally he caught his breath — is the most anthropomorphic statement in the creation narrative: the creator who rested and was refreshed gives his people the same rest each week. Mark 2:27 says the Sabbath was made for man — the refreshment God experienced at creation is the refreshment God gives to those He made. The sign between God and Israel is simultaneously the gift God gives to humanity.

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