God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Parallel translations
- KJV And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- BSB God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
- NKJV And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
- NASB God called the expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- NLT God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 1:5God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
- Gen 1:19There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
- Gen 1:23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
- Gen 1:10God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
- Gen 1:13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
- Gen 1:31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
- Gen 5:2He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them “Adam”.
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