For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

For in a certain place he spoke of the seventh day thus: And God rested the seventh day from all his works.

For he has said somewhere of the seventh day thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works:

For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested the seventh day from all his works.

for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh day thus: 'And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

For, as we know, when speaking of the seventh day He has used the words, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;"

For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

For, in a certain place, he spoke about the seventh day in this manner: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

for, in a passage referring to the seventh day, you will find these words – 'God rested on the seventh day after all his work.'

Dixit enim alicubi sic de die septimo, Et requievit Deus septimo die ab omnibus operibus suis:

For he spake - Genesis 2:2. "And God did rest." "At the close of the work of creation he rested. The work was done. "That" was the rest of God. He was happy in the contemplation of his own works; and he instituted that day to be observed as a memorial of "his" resting from his works, and as a "type" of the eternal rest which remained for man." The idea is this, that the notion of "rest" of some kind runs through all dispensations. It was seen in the finishing of the work of creation; seen in the appointment of the Sabbath; seen in the offer of the promised land, and is seen now in the promise of heaven. All dispensations contemplate "rest," and there must be such a prospect before man now. When it is said that "God did rest," of course it does not mean that he was wearied with his toil, but merely that he "ceased" from the stupendous work of creation. He no more put forth creative energy, but calmly contemplated his own works in their beauty and grandeur; Genesis 1:31. In carrying forward the great affairs of the universe, he always has been. actively employed John 5:17, but he is not employed in the work of "creation" properly so called. That is done; and the sublime cessation from that constitutes the "rest of God."

For he spake in a certain place - This certain place or somewhere, που, is probably Genesis 2:2; and refers to the completion of the work of creation, and the setting apart the seventh day as a day of rest for man, and a type of everlasting felicity. See the notes on Genesis 2:1, etc., and See here Hebrews 2:6 (note).

For he spake in a certain place,.... Genesis 2:2 that is, Moses, the penman of that book spoke, or God by him:
of the seventh day on this wise; of the seventh day of the world, or from the creation of the heavens and the earth:
and God did rest the seventh day from all his works: of creation, but not of providence; for in them he works hitherto; nor does this rest suppose labour with fatigue and weariness, and ease and refreshment from it; only cessation from working in a creative way, and the utmost delight, complacency and satisfaction in what he had done. The Alexandrian copy leaves out the phrase, "the seventh day".

he spake--God (Genesis 2:2).
God did rest the seventh day--a rest not ending with the seventh day, but beginning then and still continuing, into which believers shall hereafter enter. God's rest is not a rest necessitated by fatigue, nor consisting in idleness, but is that upholding and governing of which creation was the beginning [ALFORD]. Hence Moses records the end of each of the first six days, but not of the seventh.
from all his works--Hebrew, Genesis 2:2, "from all His work." God's "work" was one, comprehending, however, many "works."

He spake in a certain place. In Genesis 2:2. There it is stated that "God rested on the seventh day from all his works." The Sabbath rest was therefore established long before Israel was denied entrance into the rest. Hence it is not the rest.
In this place again. In Psalm 95:11, which declares that Israel should not enter into God's rest. Though Israel had kept the rest of the Sabbath, they had not entered into God's rest, as this language shows. The rest of the Sabbath is not then the promised rest, nor is Canaan below, from which nearly all Israel was once excluded, because David exhorts the people, though in Canaan, to enter into the rest.
Seeing . . . that some must enter. Since God has a rest for his people, and it is not made in vain, there must be some who enter therein. Those to whom it was first offered entered not because of their unbelief. Hence it remaineth to all who, like Joshua and Caleb, have faith.
Again he limiteth a certain day. The thought is that there is a day of opportunity. If that day is passed by, the opportunity is gone. The word of the Lord is, To-day if, etc.

For, long after he had rested from his works, he speaks again. Genesis 2:2.