Genesis 1:8

And Elohim called the raki'a Shomayim (Heaven). And the erev and the boker were Yom Sheni (Day Two, the Second Day).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

In Context

7And Elohim made the raki'a, and divided the waters under the raki'a from the waters which were above the raki'a; and it was so.

9And Elohim said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the yabashah (dry land) appear; and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:5And Elohim called the light Yom (Day), and the darkness He called Lailah (Night). And the erev (evening) and the boker (morning) were Yom Echad - 1:5 Mk 16:2 (Day One, the First Day).

Genesis 1:13And the erev and the boker were Yom Shlishi (Day Three, the Third Day). + 1:13 Ex 19:11,15-16; Josh 1:11; Num 19:11-16; Jon 2:1; Hos 6:2; 2Kgs 20:5,8; Ezra 6:15; 1C 15:4,20; Notice on Yom HaShlishi (The Third Day, Gn 1:13) is Yom HaBikkurim of the Bria HaOlam, the Firstfruits of the Creation of the World; just as Hos 6:2 indicates Yom HaShlishi is the time marker of the Techiyas HaMesim (Resurrection of the Dead), so Yom HaBikkurim fell on Nisan 16, and became a time marker delineating the countdown from the Resurrection of Moshiach Nisan 16, 3793 (33 C.E.) to Shavuos, 3793 and the Matan HaTevilah BeRuach Hakodesh. Lv 23:11.

Genesis 1:23And the erev and the boker were Yom Chamishi (Day Five, the Fifth Day).

Genesis 5:2Zachar and nekevah He created them; and blessed them, and called the shem of them “Adam,” in the yom when they were created.

Zechariah 12:1The burden of the Devar Hashem concerning Yisroel: Saith Hashem, who stretcheth forth Shomayim, and layeth the yesod aretz, and formeth the ruach adam within him.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:7-9

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 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. We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament, in which observe, 1. The command of God concerning it:… Read the whole commentary →

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