Genesis 1 · Verse 13

Genesis 1:13

And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Genesis 1:13, King James Version

Genesis 1:13 in other translations

BSBAnd there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
WEBThere was evening and there was morning, a third day.
ASVAnd there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
YLTand there is an evening, and there is a morning--day third.
DARBYAnd there was evening, and there was morning — a third day.
BBEAnd there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
WebsterAnd the evening and the morning were the third day.

What does Genesis 1:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 1:6-13

The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is…

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Genesis 1:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and there wasH1961
עֶ֥רֶב'E.reveveningH6153
וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and there wasH1961
בֹ֖קֶרVo.kermorningH1242
י֥וֹםYoma dayH3117
שְׁלִישִֽׁי\׃\ \פshe.li.ShithirdH7992

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Genesis 1:12

    And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Genesis 1:13

    And the evening and the morning were the third day.

  • Genesis 1:14

    And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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Genesis 1:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué la tarde y la mañana el día tercero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y eut soir, et il y eut matin: – troisième jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es ward Abend und es ward Morgen: dritter Tag.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.