And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day second.
ASV
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
DBT
AndGod called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning — a second day.
WEB
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — 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.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)