Genesis 1:13

13 Evening passed and morning came - that was 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 Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit" - and it was done.

12 So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.

13 Evening passed and morning came - that was the third day.

14 Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;

15 they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth" - and it was done.