The Meaning of Genesis 1:23 Explained

Genesis 1:23

KJV: And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

YLT: and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth.

Darby: And there was evening, and there was morning a fifth day.

ASV: And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the evening  and the morning  were the fifth  day. 

What does Genesis 1:23 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 1:20-31 - Man Creation's Crown
Creation reveals God's nature, as the picture the artist. His eternal Power and Godhead are visible in His works. See Romans 1:20. And all things and beings were made through Jesus Christ. Consider Colossians 1:15-16. The hands of the Son of God wove the blue curtains above us and filled them with luminaries. The seas are His and He made them, and filled them with living creatures. The woodlands are the outcome of His mind, and He filled them with flowers and birds. He taught them to live without care. He filled the tiny heart of the mother-bird with love to her young and blessed her. His are the cattle on a thousand hills. He molded the red earth into His own likeness and made Man. We were made to have dominion. See Psalms 8:6-8. Ask Him to put all things, especially all the evil things of your heart, under your feet. The world is good, and if you were good, you would find it so. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Genesis 1:23 mean?

And there was evening morning day the fifth -
וַֽיְהִי־ עֶ֥רֶב בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם חֲמִישִֽׁי פ

וַֽיְהִי־  And  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עֶ֥רֶב  evening 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.
בֹ֖קֶר  morning 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
י֥וֹם  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
חֲמִישִֽׁי  the  fifth 
Parse: Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: חֲמִישִׁי  
Sense: ordinal number, 5th.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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