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Genesis 1:4

God was pleased with the light. Then he made the light to shine in some places, and in other places there was still darkness.

Translation for Translators

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 to shine!” And light shone.

5He gave to the light the name ‘day’, and he gave to the darkness the name ‘night’. After that, there was an evening which was followed by a morning. He called that whole period of time ‘the first day’.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10God gave to the ground the name ‘earth’, and he gave to the water that came together the name ‘oceans’. God was pleased with the earth and the oceans.

Genesis 1:18to rule the day and the night, and to separate the light of the daytime from the darkness of the nighttime. God was pleased with these things he had made.

Genesis 1:31God was pleased with everything that he had made. Truly, it was all very good. Then there was another evening, that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the sixth day’.

Ecclesiastes 11:7It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun rise every morning.

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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