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Genesis 1:19

Genesis 1:19
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Made by the rotation of the earth on its own axis, in the space of twenty four hours: this according to Capellus was the twenty first of April, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 1:14-19

- VI. The Fourth Day 14. מאור mā'ôr, “a light, a luminary, a center of radiant light.” מועה mô‛ēd, “set time, season.” Words beginning with a formative מ musually signify that in which the simple…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 1:14-19

This is the history of the fourth day's work, the creating of the sun, moon, and stars, which are here accounted for, not as they are in themselves and in their own nature, to satisfy the curious, but…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 1:14-19

Fourth Day. The Creation of the Heavenly Bodies

Observe that the creation of the "lights" in the heaven on the fourth day corresponds to the creation of "light" on the first day. If we divide the six…