OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Genesis 1:4

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God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

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Genesis 1:4 in context

Genesis 1:1–7

1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

2

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

3

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

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God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

5

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

7

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

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