I’ve been challenging the notion that a Biblical day is reckoned from evening to evening for a few months now. And tonight I had an “aha” moment. Genesis 1:5 simply states,
“God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night”. And there was evening and there was morning — the first day.”
What if the Biblical day is simply “light”, whether it be full light or mixed light as we see in both evening and morning? And the Biblical night is simply darkness, the absence of light. What if it’s not reckoned evening-to-evening or morning-to-morning but rather morning-to-evening.
I wonder if the references to a literal “day” in the Bible are typically only speaking of daylight portions as opposed to full 24-hour cycles? Hmm. I’m going to have to do some reading with this new thought in mind to see how it pans out. I’ll let you know what I find out.
As for now, Good Night. (Layelah Tov.)
Day without sunshine is kind of like, you know, night.
Absolutely! Lol