Genesis 1:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Gen 1:18 : 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.
  • Gen 1:12 : 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
  • Eccl 2:13 : 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
  • Gen 1:10 : 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.
  • Gen 1:25 : 25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:5-27
    23 verses
    92%

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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

    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

    13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

    14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

    15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

    21And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

    23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

    25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  • Gen 1:1-3
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    87%

    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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

  • Gen 1:31
    75%

    31And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • John 1:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2The same was in the beginning with God.

    3All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

  • Jer 4:23
    73%

    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • 1 John 1:5
    72%

    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    71%

    6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

    12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

  • Gen 2:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

    4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

  • Exod 14:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

    21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  • Ps 74:16
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    16The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  • Eccl 11:7
    67%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

  • Job 17:12
    67%

    12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

  • Ps 104:20
    67%

    20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • Ps 19:1
    67%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.