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The Septuagint 1.5 · 1.5

Day one

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καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ φῶς ἡμέραν, καὶ τὸ σκότος ἐκάλεσεν νύκτα. καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί, ἡμέρα μία.

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καὶkaìandἐκάλεσενekálesencalledhotheθεὸςtheòsGodτὸtheφῶςphôslightἡμέρανhēméranDay,καὶkaìandτὸtheσκότοςskótosdarknessἐκάλεσενekálesencalledνύκταnýktaNight.καὶkaìandἐγένετοegénetothere wasἑσπέραhespéraeveningκαὶkaìandἐγένετοegénetothere wasπρωίprōímorning,ἡμέραhēméradayμίαmíaone.

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God names what he has made — calling is itself an act of ordering, distinct from making. “Evening, then morning” (not the reverse) becomes the Bible's recurring formula for a day, the basis of the Jewish reckoning of days from sunset.

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