Genesis 1:3

And God said, Light be made, and the light was made.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Forsooth the earth was idle and void, and darknesses were on the face of (the) depth; and the Spirit of the Lord was borne on the waters [or and the Spirit of God was borne upon the waters].

4And God saw the light, that it was good, and he parted the light from (the) darknesses;

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Cross References

Job 38:19in what way the light dwelleth, and which is the place of darkness; (yea, the way to where the light dwelleth, and where the place of darkness is;)

Psalms 33:9For he said, and things were made; he commanded, and things were made of nought, (or he commanded, and everything was made out of nothing!).

Psalms 104:2and thou art clothed with light, as with a cloth. And thou stretchest forth heaven as a skin; (and thou art clothed with light, like with a cloak. And thou stretchest forth, or spreadest out, the heavens like a tent;)

Psalms 148:5praise they the name of the Lord. For he said, and things were made; he commanded, and things were made of nought. (praise they the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and everything was made; he commanded, and everything was made out of nothing.)

Isaiah 60:19The sun shall no more be to thee for to shine by day, neither the brightness of the moon shall lighten thee (by night); but the Lord shall be into everlasting light to thee, and thy God shall be into thy glory.

John 1:5and the light shineth in darknesses, and [the] darknesses comprehended not it. (and the light shineth in the darkness, but the darkness did not understand 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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