Genesis 1:3
and God says, “Let light be”; and light is.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In Context
4And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,
Cross References
Job 38:19Where [is] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?
Psalms 33:9For He has spoken, and it is, || He has commanded, and it stands.
Psalms 104:2Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, || Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Psalms 148:5They praise the Name of YHWH, || For He commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 60:19The sun is no longer your light by day, || And for brightness the moon does not give light to you, || And YHWH has become to you || A continuous light, and your God your beauty.
John 1:5and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not perceive 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 →