Genesis 1:5 (GNV)

Passage

And God called the Light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.

Nearby Context

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

Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

Genesis 1:5 And God called the Light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:6 Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the mids of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "light", "darkenes", "night", "euening", "morning", and "first". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "light", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And God saw the light that it..." into verse 6's "Againe God said Let there be a...", 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.