Genesis 1:8
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
In Context
7And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
Cross References
Genesis 1:5He gave to the light the name ‘day’, and he gave to the darkness the name ‘night’. After that, there was an evening which was followed by a morning. He called that whole period of time ‘the first day’.
Genesis 1:13Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
Genesis 1:23Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
Genesis 5:2He created one man and one woman. He blessed them, and on the day that he created them, he called them ‘human beings’.
Zechariah 12:1This is a message from Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh is the one who stretched out the sky, who created the earth, and who ◄gave life to humans/caused humans to be alive►. This is what he says:
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 →