Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
[2] 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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if god spoke everything into existence, why is the author saying that god took rest?
are these verses part of another story which got mixed up ?
Genesis the first ever labour legislation in history .
In biblical Israel:
Exodus 35:2 , For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day,
Exodus 34:21, "Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
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In modern Britain:
If you drive a goods vehicle or a passenger-carrying vehicle you must follow the rules on how many hours you can drive and the breaks that you need to take.
IT SEEMED to Elinor Ostrom that the world contained a large body of common sense. People, left to themselves, would sort out rational ways of surviving and getting along. .......
"We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"