Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
KJV
Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona : et divisit lucem a tenebris.
Vulgate
καὶ ἴδεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ φῶς ὅτι καλόν· καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότους.
LXX
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת הָ/א֖וֹר כִּי ט֑וֹב וַ/יַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָ/א֖וֹר וּ/בֵ֥ין הַ/חֹֽשֶׁךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
הַבְדִּ֕יל
hbdyl
verb · 42×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 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…
Analysis of the Biblical Account of Creation Last Wednesday we began this series of reflections on the reply Christ gave to his questioners on the subject of the unity and indissolubility of marriage. As we recall, the Pharisees who questioned him appealed to the Mosaic Law. However, Christ went back to the "beginning," quoting the words of Genesis. The "beginning" in this ca…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Cross-references
- Eccl 2:13 — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Eccl 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
- Gen 1:10 — And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Gen 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Gen 2:4 — These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,