Genesis 1:5
“And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: and the euening and the morning were the first day.”
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Genesis 1:5 Context
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the light from the darkenesse. 5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: and the euening and the morning were the first day. 6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters. 7And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- King James Version
God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
- Basic English Bible
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day.
- Darby Bible
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Webster's Bible
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.
- World English Bible
and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible