Genesis 1:5 - Plain English Version

⁵ He called the light day time, and he called the dark night time. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 1.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ God named the light Day and the darkness Night. There was evening and there was morning: the first day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he called the light, 'Day,' and the darknesses, 'Night.' And it became evening and morning, one day.

Genesis 1:5 Cross References

Genesis 1:13

After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 3.

Genesis 1:19

After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 4.

Genesis 1:23

After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 5.

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he made, and he saw that all of it was very good. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 6.

Genesis 1:8

And when God made it, he called it sky. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 2.

1 Corinthians 3:13

One day, Jesus Christ will come back, and then God will show which workers did a good job, like the fire in the picture story shows if part of the house is good or not.

Ephesians 5:13

But whenever light shines on something, everyone can see it.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You listen to what God says. It’s like you belong to the light, and you belong to the day time. You aren’t people that belong to the night time or the dark.