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Genesis 2:1-4 (NLT)
1 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. 2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested [1] from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

4 This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. [When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,]

[1]
Or, ceased; also in 2:3.

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified in the Bible narrative.

LIGHTING NOTES:
In this version the moon provides some light. There is a glow of power around the figure of the Lord God.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
The Lord God.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
There are two versions of this scene:
01) (Previous page) Genesis 02 – The first 7 days – Scene 10 – The First Sabbath (Night version).

02) (This page) Genesis 02 – The first 7 days – Scene 10 – The First Sabbath (Day version).

This picture simply shows the Lord God sitting on a rock, looking at the mountains, sky and clouds which He has just finished creating.

Here is the scene without the figure in the foreground.

Background of Genesis 02 – The first 7 days – Scene 10 – The First Sabbath (Day version)

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Background of Genesis 02 – The first 7 days – Scene 10 – The First Sabbath (Day version)

In the foreground there are some purple Rhododendron bushes. Species of the genus Rhododendron are widely distributed between latitudes 80°N and 20°S and are native to areas from North America to Europe, Russia, and Asia, and from Greenland to Queensland, Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Rhododendron is a genus of shrubs and small to (rarely) large trees, the smallest species, R. cespitosum of New Guinea, growing to 4–40 inches (10–100 cm) tall, and the largest, R. protistum var. giganteum, reported to 100 feet (30 metres) tall. The leaves are spirally arranged; leaf size can range from 0.4–0.8 inches (1–2 cm) to over 20 inches (50 cm), exceptionally 40 inches (100 cm) in R. sinogrande. They may be either evergreen or deciduous.

Some species of rhododendron are poisonous to grazing animals because of a toxin called grayanotoxin in their pollen and nectar. People have been known to become ill from eating mad honey made by bees feeding on rhododendron and azalea flowers.