Genesis 1:3
God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
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- 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 1:5 : 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.
- 1 John 1:5 : 5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- Ps 33:6 : 6 By Yahweh's word the heavens were made; All their host by the breath of his mouth.
- Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
- Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
- Ps 148:5 : 5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and they were created.
- Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
- 1 John 2:8 : 8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
- Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
- John 1:9 : 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
- John 3:19 : 19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
- Ps 104:2 : 2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
- Job 38:19 : 19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,
- Job 36:30 : 30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
- Ps 118:27 : 27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
- Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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- Gen 1:4-2825 verses87%
4God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
6God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
8God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
10God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
11God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
12The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide 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 expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
17God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
21God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
25God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
26God 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 sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
28God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Gen 1:1-22 verses85%
1In the beginning God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet) as a grammatical marker.} created the heavens and the earth.
2Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- John 1:1-66 verses78%
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. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.
6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
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23I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
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5This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- John 1:9-102 verses74%
9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.
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6seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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3By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
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1God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
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4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
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31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
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1The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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13At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
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1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
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1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
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10And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
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1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.