Genesis 1:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus saith the Lorde, which giueth the sunne for a light to the day, and the courses of the moone and of the starres for a light to the night, which breaketh the sea, when the waues thereof roare: his Name is the Lord of hostes.
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 His going out is from the ende of the heauen, and his compasse is vnto the endes of ye same, and none is hid from the heate thereof.

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  • Gen 1:1-17
    17 verses
    92%

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

    2 And the earth was without forme and voide, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God moued vpon ye waters.

    3 Then God saide, Let there be light: And there was light.

    4 And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

    5 And God called the light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.

    6 Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

    7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament; it was so.

    8 And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.

    9 God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.

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

    11 Then God said, Let the earth bud foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth; it was so.

    12 And the earth brought foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruite, which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

    13 So the euening and the morning were the third day.

    14 And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

    15 And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

    16 God then made two great lightes: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.

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

  • Gen 1:19-28
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    19 So the euening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20 Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.

    21 Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

    22 Then God blessed them, saying, Bring foorth fruite and multiplie, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.

    23 So the euening and the morning were the fift day.

    24 Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so.

    25 And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, & euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: & God saw that it was good.

    26 Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

    27 Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.

    28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.

  • Gen 1:31
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    31 And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.

  • Ps 136:8
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    8 As the sunne to rule the day: for his mercie endureth for euer:

  • Jer 4:23
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    23 I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.

  • Gen 2:3-4
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    3 So God blessed the seuenth day, & sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.

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

  • Ps 74:16
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    16 The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.

  • Ps 19:1-2
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    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The heauens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth ye worke of his hands.

    2 Day vnto day vttereth the same, & night vnto night teacheth knowledge.

  • Job 26:10
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    10 He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

  • Ps 139:12
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    12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

  • Jer 31:35
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    35 Thus saith the Lorde, which giueth the sunne for a light to the day, and the courses of the moone and of the starres for a light to the night, which breaketh the sea, when the waues thereof roare: his Name is the Lord of hostes.

  • Job 17:12
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    12 Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.

  • Gen 8:22
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    22 Hereafter seede time & haruest, & colde and heate, and sommer and winter, and day and night shal not cease, so long as ye earth remaineth.

  • Ps 104:19-20
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    19 He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.

    20 Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.

  • John 1:4-5
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    4 In it was life, and that life was the light of men.

    5 And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

  • Ps 78:14
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    14 In the day time also hee led them with a cloude, and all the night with a light of fire.

  • Job 38:12
    68%

    12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? Hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,

  • Gen 2:1
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    1 Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5 This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.