Genesis 1:3

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.
  • John 1:5 : 5 and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him, & declare vnto you, that God is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made, & all the hoostes of them by ye breth of his mouth.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 It is I yt created the light and darcknes, I make peace and trouble: Yee euen I the LORDE do all these thinges.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light, ad the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the: but ye LORDE himself shalbe thy euerlastinge light, & thy God shalbe thy glory.
  • Ps 148:5 : 5 Let them prayse the name of the LORDE, for he comaunded, & they were made.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For loke what he sayeth, it is done: and loke what he comaudeth, it stondeth fast.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous, and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted.
  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 The olde comaundement is the worde, which ye haue herde from the begynnynge. Agayne, a new comaundemet wryte I vnto you, a thinge that is true in him & also in you: for the darknesse is past, and the true lighte now shyneth.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therfore sayeth he: Awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and Christ shal geue the lighte.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.
  • John 3:19 : 19 But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Thou deckest thy self with light, as it were wt a garment, thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne.
  • Job 38:19 : 19 the shewe me where light dwelleth, and where darcknes is:
  • Job 36:30 : 30 and cause his light to shyne vpo them, and to couer the botome of the see.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 God is the LORDE, & hath shewed vs light: O garnish the solempne feast with grene braunches, eue vnto the hornes of ye aulter.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For sometyme ye were darknesse, but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. Walke as the children of lighte.

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  • Gen 1:4-28
    25 verses
    87%

    4And God sawe the light that it was good. Then God deuyded ye light from the darcknes,

    5and called the light, Daye: and the darcknes, Night Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the first daye.

    6And God sayde: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it deuyde ye waters a sunder.

    7Then God made ye firmamet, and parted the waters vnder the firmamet, from the waters aboue the firmament: And so it came to passe.

    8And God called ye firmament, Heauen. Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the seconde daye.

    9And God sayde: let the waters vnder heauen gather theselues vnto one place, yt the drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to passe.

    10And God called ye drye londe, Earth: and the gatheringe together of waters called he, ye See. And God sawe yt it was good.

    11And God sayde: let ye earth bringe forth grene grasse and herbe, that beareth sede: & frutefull trees, that maye beare frute, euery one after his kynde, hauynge their owne sede in them selues vpon the earth. And so it came to passe.

    12And the earth brought forth grene grasse and herbe, yt beareth sede euery one after his kynde, & trees bearinge frute, & hauynge their owne sede in them selues, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good.

    13Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the thirde daye.

    14And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.

    15And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe.

    16And God made two greate lightes: one greater light to rule the daye, and a lesse light to rule the night, and (he made) starres also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of heauen, yt they might shyne vpo earth,

    18and to rule the daye and the night, and to deuyde the light from darcknes. And God sawe that it was good.

    19Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fourth daye.

    20And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen.

    21And God created greate whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue and moue, which the waters brought forth euery one after his kynde: and all maner of fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good,

    22and blessed them, sayenge: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sees, and let the foules multiplie vpon the earth.

    23Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fifth daye.

    24And God sayde: let ye earth brynge forth lyuynge soules, euery one after his kynde: catell, wormes & what as hath life vpon earth, euery one after his kynde. And so it came to passe.

    25And God made ye beastes of the earth euery one after his kynde, and catell after their kynde, and all maner wormes of the earth after their kynde. And God sawe that it was good.

    26And God sayde: let vs make man in or similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer the foules vnder ye heauen, and ouer catell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes that crepe on ye earth.

    27And God created man after his licknesse: after ye licknesse of God created he him, male & female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and sayde vnto them: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo the earth.

  • Gen 1:1-2
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    85%

    1In ye begynnynge God created heauen & earth:

    2and ye earth was voyde and emptie, and darcknes was vpon the depe, & ye sprete of God moued vpo the water.

  • John 1:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

    1In the begynnynge was the worde, and the worde was with God, and God was ye worde.

    2The same was in the begynnynge wt God.

    3All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made.

    4In him was the life, and the life was the light of men:

    5and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.

    6There was sent from God a man, whose name was Ihon.

  • Jer 4:23
    76%

    23I haue loked vpon the earth, and se, it is wayst and voyde. I loked towarde heauen, and it had no shyne.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him, & declare vnto you, that God is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all.

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.

    10He was in the worlde, & the worlde was made by him, and ye worlde knewe him not.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    72%

    6For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.

  • Heb 11:3
    71%

    3Thorow faith we vnderstonde, that the worlde and all the thinges which are sene, were made of naughte by the worde of God.

  • Heb 1:1
    70%

    1God in tyme past dyuersly & many wayes, spake vnto ye fathers by prophetes,

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generacions of heaue and earth whan they were created, in the tyme whan the LORDE God made heauen and earth:

  • Gen 1:31
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    31And God behelde all yt he had made, and lo, they were exceadinge good. Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the sixte daye.

  • 2 Pet 3:5
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    5This they knowe not (and that wylfully) how that the heauens were afore tyme also, and the earth out of the water, & was in the water by the worde of God,

  • Gen 2:1
    68%

    1Thus was heaue and earth fynished with all their hoost,

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    68%

    13At the brightnesse of him were the fyre coles kyndled.

  • Gen 11:1
    68%

    1Morouer all the worlde had one tonge & language.

  • 1 John 1:1
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    1That which was from ye begynnynge, which we haue herde, which we haue sene with or eyes, which we haue loked vpon, and or handes haue handled of the worde of life:

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And thou LORDE in ye begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth, and ye heaues are the workes of thy handes,

  • Gen 5:1
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    1This is the boke of the generacion of man, in the tyme whan God created man, and made him after the symilitude of God.