And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis 1:5
"Unlike other ancient Near Eastern creation accounts—
---Genesis
emphasizes that God alone created the heavens and the 
earth and
everything in them.
--In addition, Genesis 1 emphasizes that God created in six days.
--The repeated formula “and there was evening and there was morning, the Xth
day” used to describe the creation days is not, as many have claimed, a
mere literary feature that is an inconsequential part of a literary
framework, but an important and key element of the description of the
creation:
To highlight the orderliness of the creation as opposed to the chaotic process envisaged by the pagan myths, Steinmann argues that Genesis presents the creation over six days as a logical and sequential process organized by God, albeit in a schematic pairing between two sets of three days (Days 1 and 4; Days 2 and 5; Days 3 and 6)." CMI“This image of God with His hands in the dirt is remarkable; this is no naive theology, but a statement about the depths to which God has entered into the life of the creation. In contrast to the near Eastern creation accounts, God’s creation was good and perfect, without strife, conflict or contention”.