Genesis 1:5

Genesis 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
• New International Version (NIV)God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

Context of Genesis 1:5

3Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day. 6Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” 7And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.

Genesis 1:5 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• Dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and the darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• Nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• And the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• and the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• were the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259

Cross-references for Genesis 1:5

• Genesis 8:22As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”
• Psalms 19:2Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known.
• Psalms 74:16Both day and night belong to you; you made the starlight and the sun.
• Psalms 104:20You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
• Isaiah 45:7I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the Lord, am the one who does these things.
• Jeremiah 33:20“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,
• 1 Corinthians 3:13But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.
• Ephesians 5:13But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them,
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.
• Genesis 1:8God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.

Commentaries on Genesis 1:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-5Verses 3-5 - III. The First Day 3. אמר 'āmar “say, bid.” After this verb comes the thing said in the words of the speaker, or an equivalent expression. In this respect it corresponds with our English “say.” אור 'ôr “light.” Light is simply what makes a sensible impression on the organs of vision. It belongs to a class of things which occasionally produce the same effect. ויאמר vayo'mer “then said.” Here we have come to the narrative or the record of a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-5Verses 3-5 God said, Let there be light; he willed it, and at once there was light. Oh, the power of the word of God! And in the new creation, the first thing that is wrought in the soul is light: the blessed Spirit works upon the will and affections by enlightening the understanding. Those who by sin were darkness, by grace become light in the Lord. Darkness would have been always upon fallen man, if the Son of God had not come and given us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5God called (or named): Naming something shows authority over it (see also 2:19–20). day: The Hebrew word yom can mean: daylight (1:5a), a 24-hour period (1:5b), or an unspecified time (2:4b, “when,” literally in the day; compare Exodus 20:8–11). evening … morning: The Hebrew day started at sundown. This was like the first day that began with darkness and led to morning light.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. first day--a natural day, as the mention of its two parts clearly determines; and Moses reckons, according to Oriental usage, from sunset to sunset, saying not day and night as we do, but evening and morning.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 1:5

• Darkness
• Day
• God
• Light
• Night

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Appear
• Beginning
• Call
• Create
• Darkness
• Divide
• Earth
• Embalm

Commentaries on Genesis 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings