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Genesis 1:4

And the Lord saw the light that it was good. And the Lord distinguished between the light and between the darkness.

Targum Onkelos

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 the Lord said, Let there be light; and there was light.

5And the Lord called the light the Day, and the darkness He called the Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, Day the First.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And the Lord called the dry land Earth, and the place of the collection of waters He called Sea. And the Lord saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18and to rule in the day and in the night, and to distinguish between light and darkness. And the Lord saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31And the Lord saw all that He had made, and, behold, it was very steadfast. And it was evening, and it was morning, Day the Sixth.

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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