Genesis 1:3

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

4And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

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Cross References

Job 38:19Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

Psalms 33:9For *he* spoke, and it was [done]; *he* commanded, and it stood fast.

Psalms 104:2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;

Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:

Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

John 1:5And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

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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