KJV King James Version
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
WEB World English Bible
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was evening and there was morning, one day.
ASV American Standard Version
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and God calleth to the light ‘Day,’ and to the darkness He hath called ‘Night;’ and there is an evening, and there is a morning—day one.
Surrounding context — Genesis 1
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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.
5 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.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקְרָ֨אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֱלֹהִ֤ים׀H430 · e.lo.himGodלָאוֹר֙H216 · orlightי֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayוְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְH2822 · cho.shekhdarknessקָ֣רָאH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלָ֑יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beעֶ֥רֶבH6153 · e.reveveningוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beבֹ֖קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningי֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayאֶחָֽד׃ פH259 · e.chadone
Cross-references
Psalm 74:16The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].1 Thessalonians 5:5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.Psalm 104:20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].Genesis 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.Jeremiah 33:20Thus 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;Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Psalm 19:2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.1 Corinthians 3:13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.Ephesians 5:13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.Genesis 1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.Genesis 1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.Genesis 1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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