Genesis 1:5

dai, and the derknessis, nyyt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.

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In The 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.

In Context

4And God seiy the liyt, that it was good, and he departide the liyt fro derknessis; and he clepide the liyt,

6And God seide, The firmament be maad in the myddis of watris, and departe watris fro watris.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:13And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the thridde dai.

Genesis 1:23And the euentid and the morwetid was maad, the fyuethe dai.

Genesis 8:22in alle the daies of erthe, seed and ripe corn, coold and heete, somer and wyntir, nyyt and dai, shulen not reste.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:4-6

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 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. We have here a further account of the first day's work, in which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light; not that by it he himself might see to work (for the darkness and light are both… Read the whole commentary →

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