The Bible

Genesis 1:1

¹ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

The Bible

2 Peter 3:5

⁵ For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #26

Study this Passage

26. Verse 8 And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

What 'evening', 'morning', and 'day' mean, has been shown already at verse 5.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.