Genesis 1:23

23 There was evening and there was morning: the fifth day.

Genesis 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 1:23

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
] The sun now in the firmament, where it was fixed the day before, having gone round the earth, or the earth about that, in the space of twenty four hours; and according to Capellus this was the twenty second of April; or, as others, the fifth of September; and according to Bishop Usher the twenty seventh of October.

Genesis 1:23 In-Context

21 God created the great sea animals and all the tiny living things that swarm in the waters, each according to its kind, and all the winged birds, each according to its kind. God saw how good it was.

22 Then God blessed them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

23 There was evening and there was morning: the fifth day.

24 God said, "Let the earth produce every kind of living thing: livestock, crawling things, and wildlife." And that's what happened.

25 God made every kind of wildlife, every kind of livestock, and every kind of creature that crawls on the ground. God saw how good it was.