And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day one.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
AndGod called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)