Genesis 1:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And God sayde, let there be light: and there was light.

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  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.
  • John 1:5 : 5 And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of God are the heauens made: and all the hoastes of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 It is I that created light and darknesse, I make peace and trouble: yea euen I the Lorde do all these thinges.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sunne shall neuer be thy day light, and the light of the moone shall neuer shine vnto thee: but the Lorde him selfe shalbe thyne euerlasting light, and thy God shalbe thy glory.
  • Ps 148:5 : 5 Euen they shoulde prayse the name of God: for he commaunded, and they were created.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake and it was: he commauded, and it was brought to passe.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 There is sowen a lyght for the ryghteous: and gladnesse for such as be vpryght of heart.
  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Agayne, a newe commaundement I write vnto you, that is true in hym, and the same is true also in you: For the darkenesse is past, and the true lyght nowe shyneth.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.
  • John 3:19 : 19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment: spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne.
  • Job 38:19 : 19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?
  • Job 36:30 : 30 Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 It is the Lord God who hath geuen vs lyght: bynde a sacrifice with cordes vnto the hornes of the aulter.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght.

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  • Gen 1:4-28
    25 verses
    87%

    4And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes.

    5And God called the light day, and the darknes night: and the euenyng & the mornyng were the first day.

    6And God said: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which were vnder the firmament, and the waters that were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

    9And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.

    10And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

    11And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth both budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth both bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.

    13And God sawe that it was good. And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day.

    14And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.

    15And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made two great lyghtes: a greater lyght to rule the day, and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght, and he made starres also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,

    18And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.

    19And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day.

    20And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

    21And God created great whales, and euery lyuyng & mouing creature, which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde, & euery fethered foule after their kynde: and God saw that it was good.

    22And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.

    23And the euenyng and mornyng were the fift day.

    24And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.

    25God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good.

    26God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.

    27So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.

  • Gen 1:1-2
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    85%

    1In the beginnyng GOD created ye heauen and the earth.

    2And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: & darknes was vpon the face of the deepe, and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters.

  • John 1:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

    1In the begynnyng was the worde, & the worde was with God: and that worde was God.

    2The same was in the begynnyng with God.

    3All thynges were made by it: and without it, was made nothyng that was made.

    4In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,

    5And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:

  • Jer 4:23
    76%

    23I haue loked vpon the earth, and see it was waste and voyde: I loked towarde heauen, and it had no shine.

  • 1 John 1:5
    74%

    5And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.

    10He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym, and the worlde knewe hym not.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    72%

    6For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.

  • Heb 11:3
    71%

    3Through fayth, we vnderstande that the worldes were ordeined by the word of God, and that thynges whiche are seene, were made of thynges whiche were not seene.

  • Heb 1:1
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    1God which in time past, at sundrie tymes, and in diuers maners, spake vnto the fathers in the prophetes:

  • Gen 2:4
    70%

    4These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens.

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day.

  • 2 Pet 3:5
    69%

    5For this they knowe not (and that wylfully) howe that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water, and by the water, by the worde of God:

  • Gen 2:1
    68%

    1The heauens also & the earth were finisshed, & all the hoast of them.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    68%

    13Through the brightnes of his presence were the coles of fyre kindled.

  • Gen 11:1
    68%

    1And all the whole earth was of one language and lyke speache.

  • 1 John 1:1
    68%

    1That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe:

  • Heb 1:10
    68%

    10And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes:

  • Gen 5:1
    68%

    1This is the booke of the generations of Ada. In the day that God created man, in the lykenesse of God made he hym.