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Genesis 1:4

God looked at it, and he saw that it was good. So God split up the light and the dark.

Plain English Version

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, “I want light.” Straight away, light was shining everywhere.

5He called the light day time, and he called the dark night time. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 1.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10God called the dry ground land, and he called that water sea. God looked at the land and the sea, and he saw that everything was good.

Genesis 1:18One light shines during the day, and another light shines at night. Those lights split the day time from the night time. God looked at those lights, and he saw that everything was good.

Genesis 1:31God looked at everything he made, and he saw that all of it was very good. After that all happened, there was night time and there was morning time. That was day number 6.

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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