Chart of the week - name for seventh day means rest or Sabbath

THE CHART OF THE WEEK —
Complete Chart - MSWord Document

The seventh day of the week continues to be called
"Sabbath" or "day of rest" in over a hundred languages.

INTRODUCTION—This is incredible information! This Chart of the Week is over a hundred years old. It was prepared by Dr. William Meade Jones, a research expert in London, England. Well over a hundred languages prove that the week, everywhere, has seven days;—and that, in most languages, the native word for the seventh day is "Sabbath" (which means "rest" or "rest day") or "rest day."

Jones, a well-known British researcher, decided that since Scripture clearly shows that the Bible Sabbath was first given to mankind at the end of Creation Week, then two important facts would have had to be known throughout the ancient world: First, a fixing of the seven-day weekly cycle on a worldwide basis and, second, an ancient worldwide knowledge of the seventh-day Sabbath.

Jones was convinced of this for four reasons:

1 - Adam and Noah were both earnest worshipers of God and would therefore have been faithful Sabbath keepers.

2 - They would have taught their descendants about the Bible Sabbath; these descendants would then be aware of its original sacredness.

3 - The truth that God is to be worshiped on the seventh day of each seven-day week—would require a seven-day weekly cycle everywhere. If the first generations kept the weekly Sabbath given at Creation, then their descendants would continue to keep a seven-day week, even though they might later have turned to idols and left the worship of the true God.

4 - Therefore, as the descendants of Adam and Noah spread out all over the world, they would have carried with them these two important facts: (1) Each week has seven days, and (2) the seventh day of the week is the holy Sabbath given by God to mankind.

Jones reasoned that, even though many of Adam and Noah’s descendants would become scoffers, all of them would still carry with them the twin truths of the seven-day Creation Week and the seventh-day Sabbath rest. So all the world would have a seven-day week;—and, embedded in most of those languages, the seventh day would generally be called the "rest day" ("Sabbath").

William Meade Jones was certain that, because Genesis 1 and 2 were really true, and God really created the world in six days and then rested on the seventh day,—that a majority of the languages of the world would prove the fact!

This, in turn, would be a powerful proof—not only that the seventh day (and not the first) was the true Sabbath given by God to mankind,—but also a dramatic proof that Genesis 1 and 2 are genuine, and that God is our Creator!

William Meade Jones’ Chart of the Week is stunning proof that the book of Genesis is really true! This amazing chart is filled with corroborating evidence.

1 - In all languages the seven-day weekly cycle is maintained; that is, no language group anywhere has a week with more or less days than seven.

2 - In spite of the fact that 6,000 years has elapsed since Creation Week when our world was created (Genesis 1-2), and regardless of many language adaptations down through the centuries, the seventh day of the week continues to be called "Sabbath" or "day of rest" in over a hundred languages.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THIS CHART—The original Chart of the Week is too large to be placed on your computer screen. In addition, because it includes samples from well over a hundred languages of mankind, it could only be reproduced as a graphic,—which would requires a long period of time to load in. Below is an abbreviated version of the chart, with a more complete listing of languages to follow.

No.	LANGUAGE (Where Spoken, Read, or Otherwise Used	1	2	3	4	5	6	Name of the SEVENTH DAY
1	Shemitic Hebrew Bible world-wide	Day One	Day Second	Day Third	Day Fourth	Day Fifth	Day the Sixth	Yom hash-shab-bath Day the Sabbath
2	Hebrew (Ancient and Modern)	One into the Sabbath	Second into the Sabbath	Third into the Sabbath	Fourth into the Sabbath	Fifth into the Sabbath	Eve of Holy Sabbath	Shab-bath Sabbath
3	Targum of Onkelos (Hebrew Literature)	Day One	Day Second	Day Third	Day Fourth	Day Fifth	Day the Sixth	Yom hash-shab-bath Day the Sabbath
4	Targum Dialect of the Jews in Kurdistan	Day One of the Seven	Day 2nd of the Seven	Day 3rd of the Seven	Day 4th of the Seven	Day 5th of the Seven	Day of Eve (of Sabbath)	yoy-met sha-bat kodesh Holy Sabbath Day
5	Ancient Syriac *Each day proceeds on, and belongs to the Sabbath	One into Sabbath	Two into Sabbath	Three into Sabbath	Four into Sabbath	Five into Sabbath	Eve (of Sabbath)	Shab-ba-tho Sabbath
6	Chaldee Syriac Kurdistan and Urdmia, Persia	One into Sabbath	Two into Sabbath	Three into Sabbath	Four into Sabbath	Five into Sabbath	Eve (of Sabbath)	Shap-ta Sabbath
7	Samaritan (Old Hebrew Letters) Nablus, Palestine	Day One	Day Second	Day Third	Day Fourth	Day Fifth	Day Sixth	Shab-bath Sabbath
8	Babylonian Euphrates & Tigris Valleys Mesopotamia (Written lang. 3800 B.C.)	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Sa-ba-tu Sabbath
9	Assyrian Euphrates and Tigris Valleys, Mesopotamia	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	sa-ba-tu Sabbath
10	Arabic (Very old names)	Business Day	Light Moon	War Chief	Turning Day or Midweek	Familiar or Society Day	Eve (of Sabbath)	Shi-yar Chief or Rejoicing Day
11	Arabic (Ancient and Modern) Westn. Asia, E,W & N. Africa	The One	The Two	The Three	The Four	The Fith	Assembly (day, Muham)	as-sabt The Sabbath
12	Maltese, Malta	One (day)	Two (and day)	The 3 (3rd d.)	The 4 (4th d.)	Fifth (day)	Assembly	Is-sibt. The Sabbath
13	Ge-ez or Ethiopic Abyssinia (Ge-ez signifies "original")	One (day)	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Eve (of Sabbath)	san-bat Sabbath
14	Tigre Abyssinia (Closely related to Ge-ez)	One (First day)	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Eve (of Sabbath)	san-bat Sabbath
15	Amharic, Abyssinia (Nearly related to Ge-ez)	One	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Eve (of Sabbath)	san-bat Sabbath
16	Falasha (Language of the Jews of Abyssinia)	One	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	yini sanbat The Sabbath
17	Coptic / Egypt (A dead lang. for 200 years)	The First Day	The 2nd Day	The 3rd Day	The 4th Day	The 5th Day	The 6th Day	pi sabbaton The Sabbath
18	Orma or Galla South of Abyssinia (This language has two sets of names, the first being the oldest)	Lady, Virgin Mary Day. Great or Festival Sabbath	Second day. First Trade Day	3rd Day to the Sabbath. Second Trade Day	4th day to the Sabbath. Fourth (day)	Fifth (day)	Assembly (day)	Last day of the half-week inclusive of 4th day. Little or Humble or Solemn Sabbath (A day of no ceremonial display and no work)
19	Tamashek or Towarek. (From ancient Lybian or Numidian). Atlas Mountains, Africa.	First day	Second day	Third day	Fourth day	Fifth day	Assembly Day	a-hal es-sabt. The Sabbath Day
20	Kabyle or Berber. (Ancient Numidian) North Africa	Day the One (First)	Day the Two (2nd)	Day the Three (3rd)	Day the Four (4th)	Day the Fifth	The Assembly Day	ghas or wars assebt The Sabbath Day
21	Hausa (Central Africa)	The One (1st)	The Two (2nd)	The Three (3rd)	The Four (4th)	The Fifth	The Assembly	assebatu The Sabbath
22	Urdu or Hindustani (Muhammadan and Hindu, India) (Two names for the days)	One to Sabbath. Sunday	2nd to Sabbath. Moon-day	3rd to Sabbath. Mars	4th to Sabbath. Mercury	5th to Sabbath. (Eve of Juma)	Assembly (day)	sanichar - Saturn shamba - Sabbath
23	Pashto or Afghan Afghanistan	One to the Sabbath	Two to Sabbath	Three to Sabbath	Four to Sabbath	Five to Sabbath	Assembly (day)	khali - Unemployed-day, Shamba - Sabbath

Here is a list of languages in which the vast majority indicate a seven day weekly cycle and the seventh day means Sabbath or Rest.

Shemitic—

Hebrew Bible Yom Hash Shabbath or Day of the Sabbath

Hebrew (ancient and modern) Shabbath or Sabbath

Targum of Onkelos (Hebrew literature) Yom Shviaa or Day Seventh AND Sabbath or Sabbath

Kurdistan Jews (Targum dialect) Yoymet Shabbat Kodesh or Holy Sabbath Day

Ancient Syriac Shabbatho or Sabbath

Chaldee Syriac (Kurdistan; Urumia, Persia) Shapta or Sabbath

Samaritan (Nablas, Palestine) (use old Hebrew letters) Yoma Hasheviah or Day the Seventh AND Shabbath or Sabbath

Babylonian (Euphrates and Tigris Valleys, Mesopotamia) Sabatu or Sabbath

Assyrian (Euphrates & Tigris Valleys, Mesopotamia) Sabatu or Sabbath

Arabic (very old names) Shiyar or Chief or Rejoicing Day

Arabic (ancient and modern; W. Asia, E, W & N Africa) Assabt or The Sabbath

Maltese (Malta) Issibt or Sabbath

Tigre (Abyssinia) Sanbat or Sabbath

Amharic (Abyssinia) Sanbat or Sabbath

Falasha (Jews of Abyssinia) Yini Sanbat or The Sabbath

Hamitic—

Coptic (Egypt; a dead language for 300 years) Pi Sabbaton or The Sabbath

Orma or Galla (south of Abyssinia) Zambada or Sabbath

Tamashek or Towarek (ancient Libyan or Numidian) Ahal Essabt or The Sabbath Day

Kabyle or Berber (Ancient Numidian; N Africa) Ghas or Sabbath Day

Hausa (Ce