Genesis 1:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 1:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 1

¹⁶ God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

¹⁷ God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

¹⁸ to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

²⁰ And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

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