What does Genesis 1:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the eveninga and the morning were the first day."
- 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.”...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE CREATION ACCOUNT The manner in which the book of Genesis begins leaves no doubt that it is the revelation of God. The creation account is historical truth. The questi...
Since the formula These are the generations of is usually placed by P at the beginning of a section, whereas here it occurs at the end (Genesis 2:4_a_), it is thought by many that its present position...
CALLED. Occurs. times. App-5. EVENING... MORNING. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6. Put for. full day. The beginning and end of anything is put for the whole of it. Compare Ecclesias...
The Beginning of all Things, and the First Creation Day 1. _In the beginning B'rêshîth_: LXX ἐν ἀρχῇ : Lat. _in principio_. This opening word expresses the idea of the earliest time imaginable. It co...
GOD CALLED THE LIGHT DAY, AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT— He gave them names as Lord of both, for _the day is his, the night also is his._ He is the Lord of time, and will be so till day and night s...
Day One: Energy-Matter, Motion, Light (Genesis 1:2-5) _And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters_. 1. The w...
_AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT, THAT IT WAS GOOD: AND GOD DIVIDED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
1:5 day. (c-24) Or 'one day.'...
THE CREATION 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everything that exists! 'Thus wrote Moses Maimonides, a Jewish...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ ABOUT GENESIS Many people think that Moses wrote Genesis. If he did, other people probably helped him. And if he did, he may have used some of the words o...
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3) the Deity is simply called _Elohim._ This word is strictly a plural of _Eloah,...
וַ יִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לָ † אֹור֙ יֹ֔ום וְ לַ † חֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽ יְהִי...
THE CREATION Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order in which plan...
BEGINNINGS Genesis 1:1 All beginnings must begin with God. Always put God first. The first stone in every building, our first thought every morning, the first aim and purpose of all activity. Begin t...
The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" Hebrews 11:3), and accounts for the things which are s...
"GOD CREATED" It should be noted the writer of this account is not concerned with science. However, no proven fact of science contradicts any scripture. The expression "and God" is used 28 times in G...
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
_‘DAY AND NIGHT’_ ‘God called the light day, and the darkness He called night.’ Genesis 1:5 (I.) ONE OF THE FIRST LESSONS WHICH GOD INTENDS US TO LEARN FROM THE NIGHT IS A LARGER RESPECT FOR WHOLE...
5._And God called the light _That is, God willed that there should be a regular vicissitude of days and nights; which also followed immediately when the first day was ended. For God removed the light...
Let us examine then the contents of this book in order. First, we have the creation creation in which man is found placed on earth as centre and head. We have first the WORK of God, and then the REST...
AND GOD CALLED THE LIGHT DAY, AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT,.... Either by the circulating motion of the above body of light, or by the rotation of the chaos on its own axis towards it, in the spac...
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Ver. 5. _And God called the light day, &c._] He taught men to call them so; day ירם...
_God called_, &c. God distinguished them from each other by different names, as the Lord of both. _The day is thine, the night also is thine._ He is the Lord of time, and will be so till day and night...
[THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.] 1 The creation of Heauen and Earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made fruitfull, 14 of the Sunne, Moone, and...
The Creation of Chaos and Light...
THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE PRIMITIVE TIME OF THE HUMAN RACE, AS THE GENESIS OF THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEATHENDOM, AND OF ITS ANTITHESIS IN THE GERMINATING PATRIARCHAL...
In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to mank...
AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE FIRST DAY: _ Heb._ And the evening was, and the morning was...
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 blesse...
It is acknowledged by all, that the EVENING AND THE MORNING are not here to be understood according to our common usage, but are put by a synecdoche each of them for one whole part of the natural day...
There is something peculiarly striking in the manner in which the Holy Ghost opens this sublime book. He introduces us, at once, to God, in the essential fullness of His Being, and the solitariness of...
Genesis 1:5 God H430 called H7121 (H8799) light H216 Day H3117 darkness H2822 called H7121 (H8804) Night H3915 evening H6153 morning H1242 were H1961 first H259 day H3117 And God - Genesis 8:22; Isaia...
‘And God saw the light, that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkness, and God called the light day and the darkness he called night. And there was evening and there was morning one...
DAY The word "day" is used in Scripture in three ways: (1) that part of the solar day of twenty-four hours which is light (Genesis 1:5); (Genesis 1:14); (John 9:4); (John 11:9). (2) such a day, set...
Genesis 1 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the sublime record of the origin of light: "And God said...
Genesis 1:1. _In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth._ When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, but i...
CONTENTS: Original creation and the renovating of earth for habitation of man. Creation of animal and human life. CHARACTERS: God, Genesis 1:1. Spirit, Genesis 1:2. Christ, Genesis 1:26 (See Colossi...
_And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night:--_ LIGHT, NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL The Holy Ghost mysteriously quickens the dead heart, excites emotions, longings, desires. I. DIVINE...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:1 Primeval History. Genesis 1:1 surveys the history of the world before Abraham, while chs. Genesis 12:1 focus on one main family. There are no real parallels to chs. Genesis...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:3. And God said] Better (because of the strong _waw_, and position of verb): “Then said God” = “the state of things being as just described.” From this point the drama is u...
Shall we now turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter one, verse one? The word Genesis in Hebrew means "beginning." And so, it is "the book of the beginnings", and in Genesis we find the beginning of the...
Day, and. Genesis 8:22 Psalms 19:2 Psalms 74:16 Psalms 104:20 Isaiah 45:7 Jeremiah 33:20 1 Corinthians 3:13 Ephesians 5:13 1 Thessalonians 5:5 And the evening and the morning were. Heb. And the even
THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF CREATION Genesis 1:1; _Revelation 21:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. The Book of Genesis is commonly known as the Book of beginnings. It is there...