And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
2. And he rested on the seventh day The question may not improperly be put, what kind of rest this was. For it is certain that inasmuch as God sustains the world by his power, governs it by his providence, cherishes and even propagates all creatures, he is constantly at work.
The creatures fill heaven and earth like marshalled hosts under command; not one slips from his place. God finished His work so perfectly that nothing can be added or taken from it, and then He sanctified the Sabbath, appointing us to rest and delight in the Creator as He delights in His creatures.
AI summary
Commenting on Genesis 2:1-3
And on the seventh day God ended his work, which he had made,.... Not that God wrought anything on the seventh day, or finished any part of his work on that day, because he could not then be said to rest from all his work, as be is afterwards twice said to do; and because of this seeming difficulty the Septuagint, Samaritan, and Syriac versions, read, "on the sixth day".