Genesis 1:3
And God said: Be light made. And light was made.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 he divided the light from the darkness.
Cross References
Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness :
Psalms 33:9For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.
Psalms 104:2and art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:
Psalms 148:5Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.
Isaiah 60:19Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.
John 1:5And the light shineth in 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 →