“He did not say "night and day," but "one day," with reference to the name of the light. He did not say the "first day; "for if he had said the "first" day, he would also have had to say that the "second" day was made. But it was right to speak not of the "first day," but of "one day," in order that by saying "one," he…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - On Genesis
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5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
— Genesis 1:5 —
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.