Translation
On the seventh day ELOHIM finished all His work which He had made, and He rested
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Paraphrase
On the seventh day THE CREATOR AND OWNER OF ALL THINGS brought to a conclusion all the work He had preformed, and He paused on the seventh day by ceasing from doing any work like what He had been doing.
Footnotes
1: “he rested”
This is the Hebrew word for “Sabbath” and it sounds like our English word “Sabbath.” It means “to pause, to cease, to rest.”
2: “he rested from all the work”
This does not mean that God was tired and could not keep going. He paused in part to give us an example and a pattern to follow. He also paused to take in and to enjoy what he had made. If all we do is work, we have no time to enjoy the fruit of our labors, either the final product or the wages we earn from having worked.