Genesis 1:3

God said, “I want light,” and straight away light was shining everywhere.

Barkly (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2The ground was there but it was covered with deep water and it was really dark everywhere. But God's spirit was moving around over the water.

4God looked at the light, and he saw that it was good. Then God cut the light away from the dark.

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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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