Genesis 1:13

13 And there was evening and there was morning, a 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 And God said, "Let the earth produce green plants [that will] bear seed--fruit trees bearing fruit {in which there is seed}--according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth green plants bearing seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit {in which there was seed} according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the vaulted dome of heaven {to separate day from night}, and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years,

15 and they shall be as lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it [was] so.