Genesis - 1:23



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

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 1:23.

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And there was evening, and there was morning a fifth day.
and there is an evening, and there is a morning, day fifth.
And it became evening and morning, the fifth day.
Et fuit vespera, et fuit mane dies quintus.

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Historical Commentaries

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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.

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