Genesis 1:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 31:35 : 35 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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    1¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

    2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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

    4And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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    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 the evening and the morning were the second day.

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