and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
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and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
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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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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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Passages linked to Genesis 1:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 31:35 Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
- Psalms 19:6 His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This clause was omitted in the first day’s work,…
This clause was omitted in the first day’s work, but is added here, because the light was then but glimmering and imperfect, which now was made more clear and complete.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And to rule over the day, and over the…
And to rule over the day, and over the night,.... The one, namely the sun, or greater light, to rule over the day, and the moon and stars, the lesser lights, to rule over the night: this is repeated from Gen 1:16 to show the certainty of it, and that the proper uses of these lights might be observed, and that a just value might be put upon them, but not carried beyond due bounds:
and to divide the light from the darkness; as the day from the night, which is done by the sun, Gen 1:14 and to dissipate and scatter the darkness of the night, and give some degree of light, though in a more feeble manner, which is done by the moon and stars:
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and God saw that it was good; or foresaw it would be, that there should be such lights in the heaven, which would be exceeding beneficial to the inhabitants of the earth, as they find by good experience it is, and therefore have great reason to be thankful, and to adore the wisdom and goodness of God; see Psa 136:1. See Gill on Gen 1:4.
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