Genesis 1:5 (DBY)

Passage

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.

Nearby Context

Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.

Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

Genesis 1:7 And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "light", "darkness", "night", "evening", "morning", and "first". It is saying that the contrast between light and darkness marks a real divide in how people respond to God's work.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And God saw the light that it..." into verse 6's "And God said Let there be an...", so "called" and "light" belong inside that flow. In Creation Begins, the local focus is creation, God's sovereignty, the Spirit's presence, and light.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "light" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.