Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In Context
4And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.
Cross References
Job 38:19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it
Psalms 33:9For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalms 104:2who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of LORD. For he commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall no more be thy light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to thee, but LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
John 1:5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:2-3
Genesis to Deuteronomy PREFACE Genesis to Deuteronomy Though it is most my concern, that I be able to give a good account to God and my own conscience, yet, perhaps, it will be expected that I give the world also some account of this bold undertaking; which I shall endeavour to do with all plainness, and as one who believes, that if men must be reckoned with in the great day, for every vain and idle word they speak, much more for every vain and idle line they write. And it may be of use, in the first place, to lay… Read the whole commentary →