What did God do in Genesis 1 on the six days and the seventh day?
In Genesis 1, God brought everything onto the scene in six days and then rested on the seventh day. This established the pattern of six days of labor and one day of rest—not because God was tired, but for man's good.
Les explains that Genesis 1 describes what he calls the recreation, where God brought everything onto the scene in six days and rested on the seventh. That seventh-day rest was not because God was tired; it set up a pattern of six days of labor and one day of rest for man's own good. Les sees this same principle in Exodus 16, where before the law was given at chapter 20, God instructed Israel to gather a double portion of manna on the sixth day because He was instituting the Sabbath. In verse 23, they are told that tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord, and they were to bake, cook, and lay up what remained until morning.