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Genesis 1:23

Genesis 1:23
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. The sun now in the firmament, where it was fixed the day before, having gone round the earth, or the earth about that, in the space of twenty four…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 1:20-23

- VII. The Fifth Day 20. שׁרץ shārats, “crawl, teem, swarm, abound.” An intransitive verb, admitting, however, an objective noun of its own or a like signification. נפשׁ nephesh, “breath, soul,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 1:20-23

Each day, hitherto, has produced very noble and excellent beings, which we can never sufficiently admire; but we do not read of the creation of any living creature till the fifth day, of which these…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 1:20-23

The Fifth Day. The Creation of Water Animals and Flying Animals

20. Let the waters … life The rendering, "bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life," fails to give the full meaning of…