Genesis 1:18
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.
KJV
et præessent diei ac nocti, et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς νυκτός, καὶ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότους· καὶ ἴδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλόν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/לִ/מְשֹׁל֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם וּ/בַ/לַּ֔יְלָה וּֽ/לֲ/הַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין הָ/א֖וֹר וּ/בֵ֣ין הַ/חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַ/יַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי טֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§299Because God creates through wisdom, his creation is ordered: "You have arranged all things by measure and number and weight."151 The universe, created in and by the eternal Word, the "image of the invisible God", is destined for and addressed to man, himself created in the "image of God" and called to a personal relationship with God.152 Our human understanding, which shares in…
Cross-references
- Gen 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Jer 31:35 — 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 host