Genesis 1:3

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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In The King James Version

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

In Context

2And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

4And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

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Cross References

Job 38:19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

Psalms 33:9For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

Psalms 104:2You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

Psalms 148:5Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.

Isaiah 60:19The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

John 1:5And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

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 →

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