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Ramban on Exodus 20:11/רמב"ן על שמות כ׳:י״א

אבֵּרַךְ ה' אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ אָמַר שֶׁיִּהְיֶה יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת מְבֹרָךְ וְקָדוֹשׁ, כִּי צִוָּה בַּזְּכִירָה לְבָרֵךְ אוֹתוֹ וּלְהַדְּרוֹ, וְצִוָּה בַּשְּׁבִיתָה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לָנוּ קָדוֹשׁ וְלֹא נַעֲשֶׂה בּוֹ מְלָאכָה. ור"א אָמַר כִּי בֵּרֵךְ ה' הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וְקִדְּשׁוֹ, שֶׁזִּמֵּן אוֹתוֹ לְקַבֵּל בּוֹ הַנֶּפֶשׁ תּוֹסֶפֶת חָכְמָה יוֹתֵר מִכָּל הַיָּמִים: וְדֶרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת כְּתַבְתִּיו (בבראשית ב ב) בְּפָסוּק "וַיְכֻלּוּ", וּמִשָּׁם תַּשְׂכִּיל וְתָבִין כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים עָשָׂה ה' לֹא יֶחְסַר בֵּי"ת, אֲבָל "כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים עָשָׂה ה' וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שָׁבַת וַיִּנָּפַשׁ" (שמות ל"א:י"ז):

1THE ETERNAL BLESSED THE SABBATH-DAY, AND SANCTIFIED IT. The verse is stating that the Sabbath-day will be blessed and hallowed because He has commanded to bless it and glorify it by remembering it. Therefore, He commanded us to rest thereon so that the day will be sacred to us, and that we should not do any work on it. And Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra wrote that G-d blessed this day and sanctified it by endowing it with a greater capacity to enable the soul to receive additional wisdom than on all of the other days. I have already written concerning this matter by way of the Truth, [the mystic lore of the Cabala], on the verse in Vayechulu.⁴⁶⁷ From there, you will succeed in understanding that the expression ki sheisheth yamim asa hashem — [literally: “for six days the Eternal made”]⁴⁶⁸ six days the Eternal made.” — is not missing the letter beth, [which would make the verse read: “for in six days the Eternal made”]. Rather, the sense of the verse is that G-d made six days⁴⁶⁹ six days G-d made.” The six days represent the six milleniums of world-history, while the seventh millenium “will be wholly a Sabbath and will bring rest for life everlasting” (ibid., p. 64). and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.⁴⁷⁰