Genesis 1:13
New International Version
And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

New Living Translation
And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.

English Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Berean Standard Bible
And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

King James Bible
And the evening and the morning were the third day.

New King James Version
So the evening and the morning were the third day.

New American Standard Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

NASB 1995
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

NASB 1977
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Legacy Standard Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Amplified Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Christian Standard Bible
Evening came and then morning: the third day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Evening came and then morning: the third day.

American Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Contemporary English Version
Evening came, then morning--that was the third day.

English Revised Version
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was evening, then morning-a third day.

Good News Translation
Evening passed and morning came--that was the third day.

International Standard Version
The twilight and the dawn were the third day.

Majority Standard Bible
And there was evening, and there was morning?the third day.

NET Bible
There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

New Heart English Bible
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the evening and the morning were the third day.

World English Bible
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] third day.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day third.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the third day.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And it became evening and the morning, the third day.

New American Bible
Evening came, and morning followed—the third day.

New Revised Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And it was evening, and it was dawn, day third.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Third Day
12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening, and there was morning— the third day. 14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.…

Cross References
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

Psalm 33:6-9
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. / He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. / Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him. ...

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Colossians 1:16-17
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Isaiah 45:12
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.

Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Job 38:4-7
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. / Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? / On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, ...

Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Psalm 104:24-30
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. / Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. / There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. ...

Jeremiah 10:12-13
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. / When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Acts 17:24-25
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Proverbs 8:22-31
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. / From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. / When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. ...

Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.


Treasury of Scripture

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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Genesis 1
1. God creates heaven and earth;
3. the light;
6. the firmament;
9. separates the dry land;
14. forms the sun, moon, and stars;
20. fishes and fowls;
24. cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things;
26. creates man in his own image, blesses him;
29. grants the fruits of the earth for food.














And there was evening, and there was morning—
This phrase marks the completion of the third day of creation. The repetition of "evening" and "morning" throughout Genesis 1 emphasizes the orderly progression of time as established by God. In the Hebrew text, "evening" is "ereb" and "morning" is "boqer." The use of these terms signifies the transition from darkness to light, symbolizing God's power to bring order out of chaos. Historically, the Jewish day begins at sunset, reflecting this biblical pattern. This cyclical nature of time underscores the reliability and faithfulness of God's creation.

the third day
The "third day" is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing completeness and divine perfection. On this day, God gathered the waters and brought forth dry land, as well as vegetation. The Hebrew word for "day" is "yom," which can mean a 24-hour period or an undefined span of time. Conservative Christian interpretations typically view these as literal days, affirming the historical accuracy of the Genesis account. The third day also foreshadows future biblical events, such as the resurrection of Christ on the third day, highlighting themes of new life and redemption.

Verse 13. - And the evening and the morning were the third day. For exposition vid. ver. 5. Has modern geological research any trace of this third day s vegetation? The late Hugh Miller identified the long-continued epoch of profuse vegetation, since then unparalleled in rapidity and luxuriance, which deposited the coal-measures of the carboniferous system, with the latter half of this Mosaic day. Dana, Dawson, and others, rejecting this conclusion of the eminent geologist on the ground that the underlying Devonian, Silurian, and Cambrian systems yield abundant fossiliferous remains of aquatic life, infer that the third day's vegetation is to be sought for among the "unresolved schists" of the Azoic period. The metamorphic rocks, it is true, have not as yet yielded any absolutely certain traces of vegetable life; and. indeed, it is an open question, among geologists whether any of the earliest formed metamorphic rocks now remain (cf. Green's 'Geology,' p. 308); but still it is susceptible of almost perfect demonstration that plants preceded animals upon the earth.

1. Among the hypozoic strata of this early period limestone rocks and graphite have been discovered, both of these being of organic origin.

2. In the process of cooling the earth must have been fitted for vegetable life a long time before animals could have existed.

3. As the luxuriant vegetation of the coal period prepared the way for the subsequent introduction of animal life by ridding the atmosphere of carbonic acid, so by the presence of plants must the ocean have been fitted to be the abode of aquatic life. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

evening,
עֶ֥רֶב (‘e·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6153: Evening

and there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

morning—
בֹ֖קֶר (ḇō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

the third
שְׁלִישִֽׁי׃ (šə·lî·šî)
Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)

day.
י֥וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


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