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Genesis 1:4

When he saw it he said, “Good”. He separated the light and the darkness.

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In The King James Version

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

In Context

3God said, “Become light!” After that it became light at his word.

5He named the darkness, 'night-that', the light he named, 'day-that'. After that it became night, after that it became dawn. Another day appeared/arrived.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10That dry ground he named, 'country-that'. That big water he named, 'sea-that'. When he saw it he said “Good”.

Genesis 1:31Truly he made the whole lot. When he had finished making them God looked at them all. He said, “Very good.” Like that God made everything. He made everything in six days. After that it became night, after that it became dawn. Another day appeared.

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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