Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

On Tuesday 30 September 2003 15:11, AL Cantley wrote:
> I have been reading several papers regarding the "appointed times" and
> calendar issues and cannot tell if a certain conclusion regarding
> several verses in Genesis 1 (verses 5, 8, 13 ...) holds up to scrutiny.
>
> KJV Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
> Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
>
> Could this verse possibly be translated as:
> Genesis 1:5 "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
> Night. And the evening and the morning FOLLOWED the first day"?

Actually the Hebrew says "there was evening and there was morning, one day."

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Dave Washburn
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"God does a lot of things in the Psalms
that He can't get away with in systematic theology."