...Of course, KIY gives the reason, and needs to be rendered in English by something like "for" or "because", with "for" as a conjunction. No one is doubting that. The issue is a quite separate one: is the temporal phrase to be understood like English "in six days" or more like English "for six days"? In the latter case, one might want to translate "for for six days...", with "for" being used first as a conjunction and then as a preposition. Anyway, we need to be careful here to discuss the Hebrew as a language in itself and not assume a one-to-one correspondence with English.
The KI here is explaining the motivation for saying the first part, same in
our verse here. The motivation why Moses says what he says in verse 10 is
because of what YHWH did in verse 11.
" You shall not work, you and your son.... for (the motivation why Moses said
the previous statement) in six days....
We have to add "in" to our translation to make it smooth. Because it is linked to the
previous verse. That is why I don't think translating it as "for six days YHWH made the
heavens..." is not quite accurate, because it sounds like Moses is switching topics and I
don't think he is.
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