Genesis 1:5
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”Genesis 1:5
What Does Genesis 1:5 Mean?
Genesis 1:5 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Genesis 1:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 74:16“The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.”Isaiah 45:7“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”Psalms 104:20“Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.”1 Thessalonians 5:5“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”Genesis 8:22“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”Genesis 1:8“And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.”Psalms 19:2“Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.”Jeremiah 33:20“Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;”Ephesians 5:13“But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.”1 Corinthians 3:13“Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”Genesis 1:23“And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”Genesis 1:31“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”Job 38:12“Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;”Genesis 1:13“And the evening and the morning were the third day.”Genesis 1:19“And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”Job 2:13“So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.”Exodus 27:21“In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.”Daniel 8:14“And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”Mark 14:30“And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.”
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