Gen 1:5 | TNotes | STEP | 1:5 God called (or named ): To name something is to exercise authority over it (see also 2:19-20 ). • day: The Hebrew yom can refer to daylight (1:5a ), to a 24-hour period (1:5b ), or to an unspecified time period (2:4b , “When,” literally in the day; cp. Exod 20:8-11 ). • evening ... morning: The Hebrew day began at sundown, just as the first day began with darkness and brought the first morning light.

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‏ Genesis 1:5

1:5 ^a God called (or named): To name something is to exercise authority over it (see also 2:19-20 ^b).

• day: The Hebrew yom can refer to daylight (1:5a ^c), to a 24-hour period (1:5b ^d), or to an unspecified time period (2:4b ^e, “When,” literally in the day; cp. Exod 20:8-11 ^f).

• evening ... morning: The Hebrew day began at sundown, just as the first day began with darkness and brought the first morning light.