When is the first time the bible mentions the sabbath?

Answer 1

Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, shabbāt; Yiddish שבת, shabbos; "rest" or "cessation") is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from sundown Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky Saturday night. The exact time, therefore, differs from week to week and from place to place, depending on the time of sunset at each location. Shabbatrecalls the Biblical Creation account in Genesis, describing God creating the heavens and the earth in six days, and resting on and sanctifying the seventh (Genesis 1:1-2:3).

Answer 2

I can't find that exact phrase but here are a few verses mentioning the sabbath...

Ex 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Ex 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Ex 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Ex 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Ex 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Ex 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Le 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Answer 3

Genesis

2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Mark

15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ***(Commonly referred to as Holy Friday)***

15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling [unto him] the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

15:45 And when he knew [it] of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Chapter 16

16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

16:2 And very early in the morning the first [day] of the week***(Commonly referred to as Easter Sunday)***, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

***Means my commentary added.***

You can do the math for yourself.

Answer 4

The 4th of the 10 commandments states:

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it

- Exodus 20:8-11

Answer 5

The first time the sabbath is specifically mentionedin The Bible is in Exodus 16 verse 23:-

(Exod 16) v.22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. (Exod 16) v.23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

However, Israel was told to remember the Sabbath, implying it was given earlier but had not been kept:-

(Exod 20) v.8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exod 20) v.9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: (Exod 20) v.10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, ......(Exod 20) v.11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

(Deut 5) v.15 And remember ......to keep the sabbath day.

The first Sabbath day was in Creation week: the 7th day is blessed is a memorial to the first 6 days of Creation:-

(Gen 2) v.1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (Gen 2) v.2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested [see Note 5] on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. (Gen 2) v.3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified [see Note 6] it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

The "NET" Bible Notes show that the phrase translated in English as "rested... 7th day" of Creation was actually the jewish word 'shabbat':-

Note 5 tn The Hebrew term שָׁבַּת (shabbat) can be translated "to rest" ("and he rested") but it basically means "to cease." This is not a rest from exhaustion; it is the cessation of the work of creation

Note 6 tn The verb is usually translated "and sanctified it." The Piel verb קִדֵּשׁ (qiddesh) means "to make something holy; to set something apart; to distinguish it." On the literal level the phrase means essentially that God made this day different. But within the context of the Law, it means that the day belonged to God; it was for rest from ordinary labor, worship, and spiritual service. The day belonged to God.

Thus, the first time the Bible mentions the Sabbath was in Genesis 2:1 on the 7th day of Creation week.

Answer 6

170 times it seems that the word Sabbath is mentioned in the bible

Answer 7

Genesis, chapter 2, verses 1 - 3 is the first. There are many more.

Answer 8

146