Genesis 1:3
Then God said, Let there be light: And there was light.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In Context
4And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.
Cross References
Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
Psalms 33:9For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood.
Psalms 104:2Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
Psalms 148:5Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 60:19Thou shalt haue no more sunne to shine by day, neither shall the brightnesse of the moone shine vnto thee: for the Lord shall be thine euerlasting light, and thy God, thy glorie.
John 1:5And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.
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 →