Genesis 1:4

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“And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.”

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BSBPD

“And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And God seeth the light that <FI>it is<Fi> good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 1:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  2. Genesis 1:12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
  3. Genesis 1:18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
  4. Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  5. Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
  6. Ecclesiastes 2:13And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
  7. Ecclesiastes 11:7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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