Book of Contradictions: A Challenge

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2. God is tired and rests
Ex 31:17 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed
God is never tired and never rests
Is 40:28 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Well that's not even starting to pose a challenge and can be easily dismissed by explaining exactly the 1st verse quoted.

The 7th day is the culmination of the ordering of the cosmos that sees God taking his place at it's centre. He isn't resting as in putting his feet up and doing nothing, but taking up his place as air traffic controller, with everything now set up and ready to roll. God never rests but sits on his throne orchestrating this reality.

This is a strict exegesis of the text, which we must not just take at face value, or from third person translations, but from the context of the civilization to which it was revealed.