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Genesis 1:18

Creation

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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BSB
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
KJV
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
WEB
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
ASV
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
DARBY
and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
BLB
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide between the light and between the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good.
ÅB
og til å råde om dagen og om natten og til å skille lyset fra mørket. Og Gud så at det var godt.
OTB
for å styre dagen og natten, og for å skille lyset fra mørket. Og Gud så at det var godt.
B1930
og til å råde om dagen og om natten og til å skille lyset fra mørket. Og Gud så at det var godt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 31:35

    Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

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  • Psalms 19:6

    His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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