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described in the first verse, and the state of the earth spoken of in the second verse, must both have
belonged to a period anterior to the first day..."

If this explanation is a little unclear to you, I will attempt to clarify the author’s point. Each of the
six days of creation has a specific work attached to it. For example, of the second through sixth days
we read:

Day Two
Genesis 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."

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

Day Four
Genesis 1:14-15
Then God said, "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; and let them be for lights in the
expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.”

Day Five
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the
earth in the open expanse of the heavens."

Day Six
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things
and beasts of the earth after their kind"

Seeing that the description of each day has a specific work attached to it, and that each day’s work
begins with the words “Then God said,” it is textually consistent to expect that the work of day one
also begins with this same expression.