5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.


In Context

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning- the first day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5God called the light |day,| and the darkness he called |night.| There was evening and there was morning, one day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day one.