Genesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי ־ אֽוֹר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In Context
4וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ הָאוֹר כִּי ־ טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
Cross References
Job 38:19אֵי ־ זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן ־ אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי ־ זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 33:9כִּי הוּא אָמַר וַיֶּהִי הֽוּא ־ צִוָּה וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד ׃
Psalms 104:2עֹֽטֶה ־ אוֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָה נוֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה ׃
Psalms 148:5יְֽהַֽלְלוּ אֶת ־ שֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי הוּא צִוָּה וְנִבְרָֽאוּ ׃
Isaiah 60:19לֹא ־ יִֽהְיֶה ־ לָּךְ עוֹד הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לְאוֹר יוֹמָם וּלְנֹגַהּ הַיָּרֵחַ לֹא ־ יָאִיר לָךְ וְהָיָה ־ לָךְ יְהוָה לְאוֹר עוֹלָם וֵאלֹהַיִךְ לְתִפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ ׃
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 →