Genesis 1:5

וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי ־ עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי ־ בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ הָאוֹר כִּי ־ טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃

6וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 1:13וַֽיְהִי ־ עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי ־ בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי ׃ פ

Genesis 1:23וַֽיְהִי ־ עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי ־ בֹקֶר יוֹם חֲמִישִֽׁי ׃ פ

Genesis 8:22עֹד כָּל ־ יְמֵי הָאָרֶץ זֶרַע וְקָצִיר וְקֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה לֹא יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ ׃

Psalms 74:16לְךָ יוֹם אַף ־ לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ ׃

Isaiah 45:7יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חֹשֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא רָע אֲנִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה כָל ־ אֵֽלֶּה ׃ ס

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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