Genesis 1:4

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

In Context

3And God said—Light, be, And light was.

5and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening—and it was morning, one day.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And God called, the dry-ground, land, but the gathering together of the waters, called he seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was evening—and it was morning, the sixth day.

Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly sweet is the light,—and, pleasant to the eyes, to see the sun:

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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