Does the Word Sabbath Appear in Genesis?

The word "Sabbath" does not appear by name in the book of Genesis, although the institution itself was established there at the very close of creation weekSBBS 462.5+1. While the specific name is absent from the text of Genesis, the seventh day is explicitly identified as the day on which God rested, and this act of resting is what constitutes the SabbathDSQ69 16.2+1. The record in Genesis 2:2-3 describes the three distinct acts—resting, blessing, and sanctifying—that gave existence to the Sabbath institution for the benefit of man Genesis 2:2-3HSFD 121.1+1. Because the term "Sabbath" literally means "rest," the account of God resting on the seventh day is a direct record of the Sabbath's origin at the beginning of human historySITI September 20, 1883, page 415.3+1.

...sh;The consecration of the Sabbath was coeval with the creation. The first Scriptural notice of it, though it is not mentioned by name, is to be found in Genesis 2:3, at the close of the record of the six days’ creation. It has been maintained by some that th...— SBBS 462.5 (1919)

...thinking is a mistake, that the institution of the Sabbath is not hinted at in the book of Genesis. It does not say the Sabbath, in Genesis, but says the seventh day: “And God rested the seventh day.” What is the Sabbath? God says the seventh day is the...— DSQ69 16.2 (1869)

There is no fact more susceptible of proof than that the Sabbath began at the close of the creation week, and that the first Sabbath commandm...— SITI September 20, 1883, page 415.3

... was given on Sinai. The weekly Sabbath then was appointed before this or before the days of Moses. Where was it then? Answer, in the second chapter of Genesis and no where else; and the same week on which the manna fell, the weekly Sabbath was revived among or with God’...— SC1 5.1 (1846)