Genesis 1:3

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.

4And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.

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Cross References

Job 38:19And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? 1 And of what kind is the place of darkness? 1

Psalms 33:9Taste and see that the Lord is good: 1 Blessed is the man who hopes in him. 1

Psalms 104:2Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: 1 Tell forth all his wonderful works. 1

Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the Lord: 1 For he spoke, and they were made; 1 He commanded, and they were created. 1

Isaiah 60:19And thou shalt no more have the sun for a light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon lighten thy night; but the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and God thy glory.

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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