◄ Genesis 1:4 ►
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Good News Translation
God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness,

New Revised Standard Version
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Contemporary English Version
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness

New American Bible
God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

that.

Genesis 1:10,12,18,25,31 And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.

Ecclesiastes 11:7 The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

the light from the darkness.

Context
The First Day
…3And God said: Be light made. And light was made. 4And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.5And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.…
Cross References
Psalm 145:9
The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Psalm 145:10
Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.

Genesis 1:3
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