Genesis 1:4

And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

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In The King James Version

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

In Context

3And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became.

5And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And God called the dry land, ‘Earth,’ and he called the gathering of the waters, ‘Seas.’ And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18and to rule over the day as well as the night, and to divide light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.

Ecclesiastes 11:7Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:4-6

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. We have here a further account of the first day's work, in which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light; not that by it he himself might see to work (for the darkness and light are both… Read the whole commentary →

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