Genesis 1:18
Good News Translation
to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw.

New Revised Standard Version
to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Contemporary English Version
to rule day and night, and to separate light from darkness. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

New American Bible
to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Psalm 19:6 His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.

Jeremiah 31:35 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

Context
The Fourth Day
17And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth. 18And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.19And the evening and morning were the fourth day.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:19
And the evening and morning were the fourth day.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

Genesis 1:17
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