Genesis 1:23 Explained in Context

Selected verse

Verse 23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions

Role in This Section

The evening-morning refrain closes the fifth day.

Read It With

Genesis 1:1–2:3

Read verses 20–23 together. The day includes populated waters and sky, evaluation, and the blessing of creatures for fruitfulness.

Why It Needs Context

The refrain marks completion but does not carry the day's blessing and creaturely focus by itself.

Continue in Context

Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.

Read Genesis 1:1–2:3 — God Orders, Fills, and Blesses Creation

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.

Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 1:1–2:3

Open source ↗

hebrew text morphology and lemma data

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project

Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026

Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, verse structure, and the repeated creation formulas.

Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 1:1–2:3

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