Genesis 1:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God saw the light, that it was good; and God separated 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 separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:12 : 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
  • Eccl 2:13 : 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.
  • Gen 1:10 : 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:25 : 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything that He had made, and they were very good. And the evening and the morning were 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 the evening and the morning were the first day.

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

    7And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.

    8And God called the sky Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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

    10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

    14And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate 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 sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

    16And God made 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 sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

    19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.

    21And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to 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 the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its 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 according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth 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 air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

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

    2And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface 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 they were very good. And the evening and the morning were 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 nothing was made that was made.

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

    5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

  • Jer 4:23
    73%

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

  • 1 John 1:5
    72%

    5This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    71%

    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone 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%

    9That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Gen 2:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

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

  • Exod 14:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one did not come near the other all night.

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

  • Ps 74:16
    67%

    16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours: You have prepared the light and the sun.

  • Eccl 11:7
    67%

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

  • Job 17:12
    67%

    12They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.

  • Ps 104:20
    67%

    20You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • Ps 19:1
    67%

    1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.