It is interesting to me that, although I know that God does not sleep or become weary, Exodus 31:17 plainly says in the KJV and in many other translations that He was refreshed. This implies to me a period of "unrefreshment" or a stage of incompleteness in the Eternal God. I think in order to keep with the nature of God, the Basic English Bible and the Darby Translation render it best in reading, "He took His rest and had pleasure in it." This way, there is not the slightest implication that God needed to be refreshed, only that he took pleasure and satisfaction in inventing a day of rest, not only for Himself, but also for the benefit of people, chiefly at this time, His chosen people.
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