And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
God descended from heaven to this lower world to fit it for man's habitation and maintenance, building his house and spreading his table. Where confusion reigned, order now appears: waters gathered to their place, dry land emerging. No sooner said than done.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:9-13
The evening and morning made up one full rotation of twenty-four hours, whether by the light's circuit around the earth or the earth's rotation itself. Learned men place this third day between late September and late October depending on which season they hold for creation, and the Jews themselves are split: some say the world began in Nisan, others in Tisri.
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A volcanic convulsion reshaped the whole globe: some parts heaved up, others sank, vast hollows formed into which the waters rushed impetuously. Thus the terraqueous globe took shape, dry land left exposed, and all waters, though in separate beds, joined to the sea.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:9-13