And God said, let there be light: and there was light.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:3 · retained source text
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1611 marginal note2.Cor. 4.6.
KJV dictionary & concordance
let
Meaning of “let”
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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1,511 occurrences1,219 verses60 booksKJV PCE
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First occurrence: Genesis 1:3
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¶ And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:6 · retained source text
¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.
1611 marginal noteHebr. Expansion.
1611 marginal notePsal. 136.5. ier. 10.12 and 51.15.
¶ And God said, let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:9 · retained source text
¶ And God said, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.
1611 marginal notePsal. 33.7. and 136.5. iob. 38.8.
And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:11 · retained source text
And God said, Let the Earth bring foorth grasse, the herbe yeelding seed, and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the earth: and it was so.
1611 marginal noteHeb. tender grasse.
¶ And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:14 · retained source text
¶ And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the day and betweene the night.
1611 marginal noteDeu. 4.19 psal. 136.7.
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:15 · retained source text
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:20 · retained source text
And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
1611 marginal noteOr, creeping.
1611 marginal noteHeb. soule.
1611 marginal noteHeb. face of the firmament of heauen.
1611 marginal note4.Esdr. 6.47.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:22 · retained source text
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.
1611 marginal noteChap. 8.17. and 9.1.
¶ And God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:24 · retained source text
¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the liuing creature after his kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kinde: and it was so.
¶ And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:26 · retained source text
¶ And God said, Let vs make man in our Image, after our likenesse: and let them haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.
1611 marginal noteChap. 5.1. and 9.6. 1.corin. 11.7. ephes. 4.14. col. 3.10.
Reference index — this page of 1,219 verses
Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:15Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:22Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:26
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Genesis93 occurrences
72 versesExodus89 occurrences
81 versesLeviticus14 occurrences
13 versesNumbers29 occurrences
24 versesDeuteronomy31 occurrences
26 versesJoshua17 occurrences
15 versesJudges39 occurrences
31 versesRuth9 occurrences
9 verses1 Samuel61 occurrences
54 verses2 Samuel52 occurrences
42 verses1 Kings36 occurrences
32 verses2 Kings37 occurrences
29 verses1 Chronicles18 occurrences
12 verses2 Chronicles23 occurrences
21 versesEzra23 occurrences
16 versesNehemiah16 occurrences
14 versesEsther20 occurrences
16 versesJob50 occurrences
33 versesPsalms239 occurrences
166 versesProverbs33 occurrences
29 versesEcclesiastes7 occurrences
5 versesSong of Solomon10 occurrences
7 versesIsaiah63 occurrences
43 versesJeremiah76 occurrences
59 versesLamentations5 occurrences
4 versesEzekiel17 occurrences
16 versesDaniel19 occurrences
14 versesHosea6 occurrences
6 versesJoel9 occurrences
7 versesAmos2 occurrences
2 versesObadiah1 occurrence
1 verseJonah6 occurrences
4 versesMicah6 occurrences
5 versesHabakkuk2 occurrences
2 versesZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah9 occurrences
7 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew39 occurrences
36 versesMark24 occurrences
22 versesLuke34 occurrences
29 versesJohn16 occurrences
15 versesActs30 occurrences
28 versesRomans21 occurrences
19 verses1 Corinthians52 occurrences
42 verses2 Corinthians7 occurrences
7 versesGalatians9 occurrences
9 versesEphesians9 occurrences
8 versesPhilippians9 occurrences
7 versesColossians5 occurrences
5 verses1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 verses2 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Timothy13 occurrences
11 verses2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseTitus2 occurrences
2 versesPhilemon1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews18 occurrences
17 versesJames15 occurrences
13 verses1 Peter11 occurrences
8 verses1 John4 occurrences
4 versesRevelation17 occurrences
12 verses
72 versesExodus89 occurrences
81 versesLeviticus14 occurrences
13 versesNumbers29 occurrences
24 versesDeuteronomy31 occurrences
26 versesJoshua17 occurrences
15 versesJudges39 occurrences
31 versesRuth9 occurrences
9 verses1 Samuel61 occurrences
54 verses2 Samuel52 occurrences
42 verses1 Kings36 occurrences
32 verses2 Kings37 occurrences
29 verses1 Chronicles18 occurrences
12 verses2 Chronicles23 occurrences
21 versesEzra23 occurrences
16 versesNehemiah16 occurrences
14 versesEsther20 occurrences
16 versesJob50 occurrences
33 versesPsalms239 occurrences
166 versesProverbs33 occurrences
29 versesEcclesiastes7 occurrences
5 versesSong of Solomon10 occurrences
7 versesIsaiah63 occurrences
43 versesJeremiah76 occurrences
59 versesLamentations5 occurrences
4 versesEzekiel17 occurrences
16 versesDaniel19 occurrences
14 versesHosea6 occurrences
6 versesJoel9 occurrences
7 versesAmos2 occurrences
2 versesObadiah1 occurrence
1 verseJonah6 occurrences
4 versesMicah6 occurrences
5 versesHabakkuk2 occurrences
2 versesZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah9 occurrences
7 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew39 occurrences
36 versesMark24 occurrences
22 versesLuke34 occurrences
29 versesJohn16 occurrences
15 versesActs30 occurrences
28 versesRomans21 occurrences
19 verses1 Corinthians52 occurrences
42 verses2 Corinthians7 occurrences
7 versesGalatians9 occurrences
9 versesEphesians9 occurrences
8 versesPhilippians9 occurrences
7 versesColossians5 occurrences
5 verses1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 verses2 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Timothy13 occurrences
11 verses2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseTitus2 occurrences
2 versesPhilemon1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews18 occurrences
17 versesJames15 occurrences
13 verses1 Peter11 occurrences
8 verses1 John4 occurrences
4 versesRevelation17 occurrences
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