Genesis 1:3

And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light. - 1:3 Ps 33:6,9

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the earth was tohu vavohu (without form, and void); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the face of the waters.

4And Elohim saw the light, that it was tov (good); and Elohim divided the ohr (light) from the choshech (darkness).

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Cross References

Job 38:19Where is the derech where ohr dwelleth? 1 And as for choshech, where is the place thereof, 1

Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it was done; 1 He commanded, and it stood firm. 1

Psalms 104:2Who coverest Thyself with ohr (light) as with a garment; 1 Who stretchest out Shomayim like a tent (curtain); 1

Psalms 148:5Let them praise the Shem of Hashem: 1 for He commanded, and they were created. 1

Isaiah 60:19The shemesh shall be no more thy ohr yomam; 1 neither for brightness shall the yarei'ach give light unto thee; 1 but Hashem shall be unto thee an Ohr Olam, 1 and thy G-d thy tiferet. 1

John 1:5And the Ohr shines in the choshech, + 1:5 Ps 18:28 and the choshech did not grasp it. + 1:5 Isa 9:1

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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