Genesis 1:19 (YLT)

Passage

and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day fourth.

Nearby Context

Genesis 1:17 and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:18 and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good;

Genesis 1:19 and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day fourth.

Genesis 1:20 And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

Genesis 1:21 And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and to rule over day and over..." into verse 20's "And God saith Let the waters teem...", so "evening" and "morning--day" 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--day" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.