Genesis 1:31 Douay-Rheims

And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

Ibn Ezra

1089–1167 Jewish

"The sixth day: - there are those who say that that it is juxtaposed [to another noun, i.e., referring to something other than "day"] - the meaning being "the sixth heavenly orb". And likewise [we could explain] "the seventh day" Genesis 2:3. But this is not true. And the referent of "the sixth day" [the planet associated with the sixth day] would prove this. Rather, its explanation is "a day which is sixth to the first day. Likewise for "the seventh day". And we find similar [usages - where the noun lacks the definite article born by the adjective]: "The Israelite man" Numbers 24:10 ish hayisraeli and many like it. Also thus: The firmament of the heaven - the firmament which is the heaven.

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