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Genesis 1:4

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

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 made, and the light was made.

5and he called the light, day, and the darknesses, night. And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, one day (or the first day).

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Cross References

Genesis 1:10And God called the dry place, (the) earth; and he called the gatherings together of waters, the seas. And God saw that it was good;

Genesis 1:18and that they should be before to the day and (before) [to the] night, and should part (the) light and (the) darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31And God saw all (the) things which he (had) made, and they were full good (or and they were very good). And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, the sixth day.

Ecclesiastes 11:7The light is sweet, and delightable to the eyes to see the sun. (The light is sweet, and it is delightful, or pleasant, for thine 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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