Genesis 1:23
New International Version
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

New Living Translation
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.

English Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Berean Standard Bible
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

King James Bible
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

New King James Version
So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

New American Standard Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

NASB 1995
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

NASB 1977
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Legacy Standard Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Amplified Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Christian Standard Bible
Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

American Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Contemporary English Version
Evening came, then morning--that was the fifth day.

English Revised Version
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was evening, then morning-a fifth day.

Good News Translation
Evening passed and morning came--that was the fifth day.

International Standard Version
The twilight and the dawn were the fifth day.

Majority Standard Bible
And there was evening, and there was morning?the fifth day.

NET Bible
There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

New Heart English Bible
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

World English Bible
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] fifth day.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the fifth day.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And it became evening and morning, the fifth day.

New American Bible
Evening came, and morning followed—the fifth day.

New Revised Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And it was evening, and it was dawn, day fifth.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Fifth Day
22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening, and there was morning— the fifth day. 24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.…

Cross References
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

Psalm 104:24-30
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. / Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. / There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. ...

Colossians 1:16-17
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Isaiah 45:12
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.

Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Job 38:4-7
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. / Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? / On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, ...

Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Jeremiah 10:12
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Proverbs 8:27-29
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, / when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, / when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

Acts 17:24-25
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

Psalm 33:6-9
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. / He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. / Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him. ...


Treasury of Scripture

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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Genesis 1
1. God creates heaven and earth;
3. the light;
6. the firmament;
9. separates the dry land;
14. forms the sun, moon, and stars;
20. fishes and fowls;
24. cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things;
26. creates man in his own image, blesses him;
29. grants the fruits of the earth for food.














And there was evening, and there was morning—
This phrase marks the completion of the fifth day of creation. The Hebrew words for "evening" (עֶרֶב, ereb) and "morning" (בֹּקֶר, boqer) are significant in understanding the Jewish reckoning of a day, which begins at sunset. This cyclical pattern of evening and morning emphasizes the order and rhythm established by God in creation. It reflects the divine orchestration of time, a gift from God that structures human life and activity. The repetition of this phrase throughout the creation account underscores the methodical and purposeful nature of God's creative work.

the fifth day
The "fifth day" marks a pivotal point in the creation narrative. On this day, God filled the waters with living creatures and the skies with birds, as described in the preceding verses. The Hebrew word for "day" (יוֹם, yom) can denote a 24-hour period or a longer epoch, but within the context of Genesis 1, it is traditionally understood as a literal day. This understanding aligns with a conservative Christian perspective that upholds the historical and literal interpretation of the Genesis creation account. The fifth day highlights God's creativity and His provision for life, as He populates the earth with diverse and abundant forms of life, each according to its kind. This day serves as a testament to God's sovereignty and His intricate design, setting the stage for the creation of land animals and humanity on the subsequent day.

(23) The fifth day.--Upon the work of the first four days geology is virtually silent, and the theories respecting the physical formation of the world belong to other sciences. But as regards the fifth day, its testimony is ample. In the lowest strata of rocks, such as the Cambrian and Silurian, we find marine animals, mollusca, and trilobites; higher up in the Devonian rocks we find fish; in the Carbonaceous period we find reptiles; and above these, in the Permian, those mighty saurians, described in our version as great whales. Traces of birds, even in these higher strata, if existent at all, are rare, but indubitably occur in the Triassic series. We thus learn that this fifth day covers a vast space of time, and, in accordance with what has been urged before as regards vegetation, it is probable that the introduction of the various genera and species was gradual. God does nothing in haste, and our conceptions of His marvellous working are made more clear and worthy of His greatness by the evidence which geology affords.

Verse 23. - And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. If of the previous creative days geological science has only doubtful traces, of this it bears irrefragable witness. When the first animal life was Introduced upon our globe may be said to be as yet sub judice. Principal Dawson inclines to claim for the gigantic foraminifer, eozoon canadense, of the Laurentian rocks, the honor of being one of the first aquatic creatures that swarmed in terrestrial waters, though Professor Huxley believes that the earliest life is not represented by the oldest known fossils ('Critiques and Addresses,' 9:1873); but, whether then or at some point of time anterior introduced, geology can trace it upwards through the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras with the result that is here so exactly defined. Throughout the long ages that fill the interval between the Azoic period of our earth's history and that which witnessed the appearance of the higher animals she is able to detect an unbroken succession of aquatic life, rising gradually from lower to higher forms - from the trilobites and mollusks of the Cambrian and Silurian systems, up through the ganoid fishes of the Devonian and the amphibians of the Carboniferous to the saurian reptiles of the Permian periods. At this point certain ornithic tracks in the superincumbent Triassic strata reveal the introduction upon the scene of winged creatures, and with this accession to its strength and Volume the stream of life flows on till the higher animals appear. Thus geology confirms the Scripture record y attesting

(1) the priority of marine animals and birds to land animals;

(2) the existence of a period when the great sea monsters, with the smaller aquatic tribes and winged fowls of the air, were the sole living creatures on the globe; and

(3) that, precisely as Elohim designed life has continued in unbroken succession since the time of its first introduction. It may also be noted that the Palaeontological history of the earth s crust suggests a number of considerations that enable us to form a conception of the fifth day's work, which, though not contravened by the Mosaic narrative, is yet by it not explicitly disclosed. For example, whereas it might seem to be the teaching of the inspired writer that the tanninim, the tomes, and the birds were created simultaneously, and so were synchronous in their appearance, the testimony of the rocks rather points to a series of creative acts in which successive species of living creatures were summoned into being, as the necessary conditions of existence were prepared for their reception, and indeed with emphasis asserts that the order of creation was not, as in ver. 21, first the great sea monsters, and then the creepers, and then the birds; but first the smaller aquatic tribes, and then the monsters of the deep, and finally the winged creatures of the air. This, however, is not to contradict, but to elucidate, the word of God. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

evening,
עֶ֥רֶב (‘e·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6153: Evening

and there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

morning—
בֹ֖קֶר (ḇō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

the fifth
חֲמִישִֽׁי׃ (ḥă·mî·šî)
Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 2549: Fifth, a fifth

day.
י֥וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


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