Genesis 1:23 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Genesis 1:22 And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

Genesis 1:23 and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day fifth.

Genesis 1:24 And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so.

Genesis 1:25 And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "evening", "morning--day", and "fifth". 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 22's "And God blesseth them saying Be fruitful..." into verse 24's "And God saith Let the earth bring...", 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.