Genesis 1:23

There was evening and there was morning, a fifth 'yom ·period of time, day·. (A:3)

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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

In Context

22God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” + 1:22 Day 5: God populates the above and below waters, the mayim ·waters· and shamayim ·heavens / sky·, with creatures that possess a nefesh chai ·soul living·. The animals are told to multiply.

24God said, “Let the earth produce nefesh chai ·soul living· creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:8God called the expanse “ shamayim ·sky, heavens·”. + 1:8 Day 2: God divides the mayim ·waters· creating the earth water and the shamayim ·sky, heavens· or literally ·above waters·. Scientifically this shows there is a water cycle. Also, the sky includes water; atmosphere is water, dust, and gas. There was evening and there was morning, a second yom ·period of time, day·.

Mark 14:30Yeshua [Salvation] said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny 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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