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Genesis 1:4

And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes.

Bible (Bishops')

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 sayde, let there be light: and there was light.

5And God called the light day, and the darknes night: and the euenyng & the mornyng were the first day.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

Genesis 1:18And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day.

Ecclesiastes 11:7The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

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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