finished, for so the Hebrew word may be rendered, as all the learned know, and so it must be rendered, else it doth not agree with the former chapter, which expressly saith that all these works were done within six days.
He rested, not for his own need and refreshment, for he
is never weary, Isa_40:28; but for our example and instruction, that we might keep that day as a day of religious rest.