Genesis 1:3
and God saith, 'Let light be;' and light is.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In Context
4And God seeth the light that [it is] good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,
Cross References
Job 38:19Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?
Psalms 33:9For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
Psalms 104:2Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Psalms 148:5They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 60:19To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.
John 1:5and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive 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 →