Genesis 1:23

So there was evening, and then the morning, making day five.

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In The King James Version

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

In Context

22God blessed them and said, “Reproduce and increase, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

24God said, “Let the land produce living creatures, each one according to its own kind—the livestock, the creatures that run along the ground, and the wild animals, each one according to its own kind.” And that's what happened.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:8God called the expanse, “sky.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day two.

Mark 14:30Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth that today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny that you even know me three times.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:21-24

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the… Read the whole commentary →

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