Genesis 1:23 And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day.

English Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

New American Standard Bible
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

King James Bible
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

International Standard Version
The twilight and the dawn were the fifth day.

American Standard Version
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

Darby Bible Translation
And there was evening, and there was morning a fifth day.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth.

Cross References

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

Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:20-25 God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and as curious, seem to have been part of this day's work. The Creator's wisdom and power are to be admired as much in an ant as in an elephant. The power of God's providence preserves all things, and fruitfulness is the effect of his blessing.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ge 1:20-23. Fifth Day. The signs of animal life appeared in the waters and in the air.

20. moving creature—all oviparous animals, both among the finny and the feathery tribes—remarkable for their rapid and prodigious increase.

fowl—means every flying thing: The word rendered "whales," includes also sharks, crocodiles, &c.; so that from the countless shoals of small fish to the great sea monsters, from the tiny insect to the king of birds, the waters and the air were suddenly made to swarm with creatures formed to live and sport in their respective elements.