Genesis 1:3

And God seide, Liyt be maad, and liyt was maad.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.

4And God seiy the liyt, that it was good, and he departide the liyt fro derknessis; and he clepide the liyt,

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Cross References

John 1:5and derknessis comprehendiden not 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 →

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