King James Version
Genesis 1:13 in the King James Version says “And the evening and the morning were the third day.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Genesis 1:13 · KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“were the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
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