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.
And to *rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
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- *Cross-referenceIer. 31.35
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- Jeremiah 31:35Rank 1 from verse 18
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 hosts is his name:
35¶ **Thus saith the LORD which giueth the Sunne for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moone and of the starres for a light by night, which diuideth the sea when the waues thereof roare, the LORD of hosts is his name.
- Psalms 19:6Rank 2 from verse 18
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Genesis 1:18
Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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1. To apportion, distribute, share, or allot. 2. To separate or distinguish into parts, sides, groups, or portions.
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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
18And to *rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
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