Genesis 1:13

13 There was evening and there was morning: the third day.

Genesis 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 1:13

And the evening and the morning were the third day.
] The space of twenty four hours ran out, and were measured, either by the rotation of the body of light and heat around the earth, or of the earth upon its axis: and this was according to Capellus the twentieth day of April, and, according to Bishop Usher, the twenty fifth of October; though those who suppose the world was created in autumn make the first day to be the first of September, and so this must be the third of that month; the Jews are divided about the season of the creation; some say Nisan or March, others Tisri or September ^F7

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 11. 1.

Genesis 1:13 In-Context

11 God said, "Let the earth grow plant life: plants yielding seeds and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds inside it, each according to its kind throughout the earth." And that's what happened.

12 The earth produced plant life: plants yielding seeds, each according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit with seeds inside it, each according to its kind. God saw how good it was.

13 There was evening and there was morning: the third day.

14 God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will mark events, sacred seasons, days, and years.

15 They will be lights in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth." And that's what happened.