Genesis 1:3

And God said—Light, be, And light was.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,—but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters,

4And God saw the light, that it was, good, and God divided the light, from the, darkness;

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Cross References

Job 38:19Where then is the way, the light shall abide? And, the darkness, where then is its place?

Psalms 33:9For, he, spake, and it was, He, commanded, and it stood forth.

Psalms 104:2Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;

Psalms 148:5Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

Isaiah 60:19Thou shalt no more have the sun, for light by day, neither for brightness, shall the moon, give light unto thee,—But Yahweh shall become thine age-abiding light, And thy God thine adorning:

John 1:5And, the light, in the darkness, shineth; and, the darkness, thereof, laid not hold.

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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