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world; and happy are we, forever happy, if that day-star arise in our hearts.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness.
God said—This phrase, which occurs so repeatedly in the account means: willed, decreed, appointed; and the determining will of God was followed in every instance by an immediate result. Whether the sun was created at the same time with, or long before, the earth, the dense accumulation of fogs and vapors which enveloped the chaos had covered the globe with a settled gloom. But by the command of God, light was rendered visible; the thick murky clouds were dispersed, broken, or rarefied, and light diffused over the expanse of waters. The effect is described in the name "day," which in Hebrew signifies "warmth," "heat"; while the name "night" signifies a "rolling up," as night wraps all things in a shady mantle.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
day The word "day" is used in Scripture in three ways:
(1) that part of the solar day of twenty-four hours which is light Genesis 1:5,14; John 9:4; 11:9.
(2) Such a day, set apart for some distinctive purpose, as, "day of atonement" (Leviticus 23:27); "day of judgment" Matthew 10:15.
(3) a period of time, long or short, during which certain revealed purposes of God are to be accomplished, as "day of the Lord." evening The use of "evening" and "morning" may be held to limit "day" to the solar day; but the frequent parabolic use of natural phenomena may warrant the conclusion that each creative "day" was a period of time marked off by a beginning and ending.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
day The word "day" is used in Scripture in three ways: