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Genesis 1:23

In Genesis 1 of Genesis.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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וַֽיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עֶ֥רֶבerevevenעֶרֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “even”, the ordinary formH6153dusk[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.וַֽיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בֹ֖קֶרvoqerdayבֹּקֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “day”, the ordinary formH1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.י֥וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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 associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…חֲמִישִֽׁיchamishififthחֲמִישִׁיadjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “fifth”, the ordinary formH2549fifth; also a fifthfifth (part).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Young’s Literal Translation

and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day fifth.

World English Bible

There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Darby Translation

And there was evening, and there was morning — a fifth day.

Douay-Rheims

And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα, καὶ ἐγένετο πρωῒ, ἡμέρα πέμπτη.

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