Genesis 1:23 (DRB)

Passage

And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

Nearby Context

Genesis 1:21 And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22 And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.

Genesis 1:23 And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

Genesis 1:24 And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.

Genesis 1:25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "evening", "morning", and "fifth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "evening" and "morning", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And he blessed them saying Increase and..." into verse 24's "And God said Let the earth bring...", so "evening" and "morning" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

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