Genesis 1:5
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
- KJV
- And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- WEB
- God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
- ASV
- And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
- DARBY
- And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.
- BLB
- And God called the light “Day,” and the darkness He called “Night.” And there was evening and there was morning—day one.
- ÅB
- Og Gud kalte lyset dag, og mørket kalte han natt. Og det ble kveld, og det ble morgen, første dag.
- OTB
- Gud kalte lyset "dag," og mørket kalte Han "natt." Og det ble kveld, og det ble morgen—den første dagen.
- B1930
- Og Gud kalte lyset dag, og mørket kalte han natt. Og det blev aften, og det blev morgen, første dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Read in contextPsalms 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Read in contextGenesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:20
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Read in contextPsalms 19:2
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
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