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Genesis 1:4

And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,

Literal Standard Version

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 says, “Let light be”; and light is.

5and God calls the light “Day,” and the darkness He has called “Night”; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—day one.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And God calls the dry land “Earth,” and the collection of the waters He has called “Seas”; and God sees that [it is] good.

Genesis 1:18and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God sees that [it is] good;

Genesis 1:31And God sees all that He has done, and behold, [it is] very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—the sixth day.

Ecclesiastes 11:7Sweet also [is] the light, || And good for the eyes to see the sun.

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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