Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
first day—a natural day, as the mention of its two parts clearly determines; and Moses reckons, according to Oriental usage, from sunset to sunset, saying not day and night as we do, but evening and morning.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 1:5:
Genesis 1:3
Job 38:19-38
Psalms 33:9
Daniel 8:14
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