Genesis 1:4

In 11 translations

BSB

And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

KJV

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.the light from…: Heb. between the light and between the darkness

WEB

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

ASV

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

LSV

And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,

YLT

And God seeth the light that [it is] good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

DBY

And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.ElohimElohim

DRC

And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

GNV

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

JPS

And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

LXXE

And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.Gr. and between the darkness. Hebraism.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָא֖וֹר כִּי־ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ φῶς, ὅτι καλόν· καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸς, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότους.

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• Creation in six days God brings light into darkness, separates waters, reveals dry land and fills the world with plants, heavenly lights, animals and humans over…

Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 2:13And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
• Genesis 1:18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
• Ecclesiastes 11:7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
• Genesis 1:12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
• Genesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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