Genesis 1:3
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In Context
4God saw that the light was good. He separated the light from the darkness,
Cross References
Psalms 33:9For at his word it came into being, at his command it stood forth.
Psalms 104:2covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were made.
John 1:5and the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered 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 →