And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day fourth.
And there was evening, and there was morning — a fourth day.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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It was evening, and it was morning, the fourth day. This is that memorable evening in which the people of God in Egypt offered a lamb in celebration of Passover; this morning, which first saw the yoke of long servitude being cast off and the …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735patristic
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Made by the rotation of the earth on its own axis, in the space of twenty four hours: this according to Capellus was the twenty first of April, and according to Bishop Usher the twenty sixth of October; or, as others, the fourth of September: and thus, as on the fourth day of the creation the sun was made, or appeared, so in the fourth millennium the sun of righteousness arose on our earth.
John Gill· Exposition of the Entire Bible, 1771reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches4
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.