Day, night, morning, and evening--here comes controversy . . .

More English to Hebrew to Genesis:

"Day" - yō-wm, hay-yō-wm, ū-lə-yā-mîm, and bay-yō-wm

• yō-wm (Strong's 3117) - in order of priority, it can mean day rather than night, a day noted by morning and evening, the day of the Lord, or a longer period of time

Gen. 1:5, "God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day."

Gen. 1:8, "God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day."

Gen. 1:13, "There was evening and there was morning, a third day."

Gen. 1:19, "There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day."

Gen. 1:23, "There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day."

Gen. 1:31, "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day."

Gen. 2:2-3, "By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made."

• hay-yō-wm (Strong's 3117) - same root word as yō-wm

Gen. 1:14, " . . . 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;'"

Gen. 1:16, "God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also."

• ū-lə-yā-mîm (Strong's 3117) - same root word as yō-wm

Gen. 1:14, " . . . 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;'"

• bay-yō-wm (Strong's 3117) - same root word as yō-wm

Gen. 1:18, "and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good."

Gen. 2:2-3, "By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made."

"Night" - lā-yə-lāh, hal-lā-yə-lāh, and ū-ḇal-lay-lāh

• lā-yə-lāh (Strong's 3915) -  in order of priority, it can mean dark night (as opposed to day), or a figurative night

Gen. 1:5, "God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day."

• hal-lā-yə-lāh (Strong's 3915) - same root word as lā-yə-lāh

Gen. 1:14, " . . . 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;'"

Gen. 1:16, "God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also."

• ū-ḇal-lay-lāh (Strong's 3915) - same root word as lā-yə-lāh

Gen. 1:18, "and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good."

"Morning" - ḇō-qer

• ḇō-qer (Strong's 1242) - in order of priority, it can mean end of night/dawn/sunrise, or bright joy

Gen. 1:5, "God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day."

Gen. 1:8, "God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day."

Gen. 1:13, "There was evening and there was morning, a third day."

Gen. 1:19, "There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day."

Gen. 1:23, "There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day."

Gen. 1:31, "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day."

"Evening" - ‘e-reḇ

• ‘e-reḇ (Strong's 6153) - means sunset/onset of darkness

Gen. 1:5, "God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day."

Gen. 1:8, "God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day."

Gen. 1:13, "There was evening and there was morning, a third day."

Gen. 1:19, "There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day."

Gen. 1:23, "There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day."

Gen. 1:31, "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day."

I know this was really long, but these words seemed important to group together.

Has the Genesis account of creation endured?

Gen. 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

• Yes, we still see the starry heavens above.
• Yes, we live on the Earth.

Gen. 1:2, "The earth was formless and void . . ."

• Yes, there are many accounts of creation with the Creator fashioning a relatively "void" world

Gen. 1:3, "Then God said, 'Let there be light . . .'"

• Yes, we definitely still see visible light today.

Gen. 1:4, ". . . and God separated the light from the darkness."

• Yes, we don't see light everywhere.
• We still "see" darkness.

Gen. 1:5, "God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and morning, one day."

• Yes, we still have a name for lighted time (not talking about the exact word here)--"day" in English.
• Yes, we still name the darkened time--"night" in English.
• Yes, we still combine one lighted time and one darkened time into a single unit--"a day" in English. We talk about six days until Christmas, not six days and six nights.

Gen. 1:6, "Then God said, 'Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.'"

• Sounds like this is talking about an empty space of air, or sky, surrounding the Earth (see Gen. 7:11), but some uncertainty, as the opening of the "floodgates", or "windows", of heaven in the account of Noah's Flood may have changed the nature of this "expanse".
• We do have water on or in the earth separated from water above our heads (which we see fall as rain today).

Gen. 1:9, "Then God said, 'Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear . . .'"

• Yes, we still have much dry land separated from surrounding water.

Gen. 1:10, "God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas . . ."

• Yes, we still name the dry land--"earth", "ground", or "land" in English.
• Yes, we still name large bodies of water visible from the Earth's surface--"seas", or "oceans" in English.

 . . . (to be continued) . . . (unless everyone is bored to death)