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Genesis 1:3
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And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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Genesis 1:3 in Other Translations
KJV
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
ESV
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
NLT
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Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
MSG
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God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared.
CSB
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Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Genesis 1:3 In-Context
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
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God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
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1.
ver 6;
Psalms 33:6,9
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Psalms 148:5
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Hebrews 11:3
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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1 John 1:5-7
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