Genesis 1:23

23 It was evening, it was morning - Day Five.

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 huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good.

22 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"

23 It was evening, it was morning - Day Five.

24 God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals - all kinds." And there it was:

25 wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.