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Genesis 1:4

Creation

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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

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.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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BSB
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
KJV
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
WEB
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
ASV
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
DARBY
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
BLB
And God saw the light, that [it was] good. And God divided between the light and between the darkness.
ÅB
Og Gud så at lyset var godt, og Gud skilte lyset fra mørket.
OTB
Gud så at lyset var godt, og Han skilte lyset fra mørket.
B1930
Og Gud så at lyset var godt, og Gud skilte lyset fra mørket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 2:13

    Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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  • Genesis 1:18

    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.

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  • Ecclesiastes 11:7

    Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

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  • Genesis 1:31

    And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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  • Genesis 1:12

    And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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  • Genesis 1:10

    And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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  • Genesis 1:25

    And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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