Genesis 1:2–5
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God said, *Let there be light: and there was light.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-reference2.Cor. 4.6.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. betweene the light and betweene the darkenesse.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. and the euening was, and the morning was &c.
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From verse 2
- Jeremiah 4:23Rank 1 from verse 2
- Psalms 104:30Rank 2 from verse 2
- Isaiah 45:18Rank 3 from verse 2
18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
18For thus saith the LORD that created the heauens, God himselfe that formed the earth and made it, hee hath established it, he created it not in vaine, he formed it to be inhabited, I am the LORD, and there is none else.
- Psalms 33:6Rank 4 from verse 2
- Isaiah 40:12–14Rank 6 from verse 2
12¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counseller hath taught him?
14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
12¶ †Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? and meted out heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountaines in scales, and the hilles in a balance?
13*†Who hath directed the spirit of the LORD, or, being his counseller, hath taught him?
14††With whom tooke he counsell, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of iudgement? and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of vnderstanding?
- Nahum 2:10Rank 8 from verse 2
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
10*Shee is emptie, and voide, and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much paine is in all loynes, and the faces of them all gather blacknesse.
From verse 3
- 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 1 from verse 3
6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
6For God who commaunded the light to shine out of darkenes, hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Iesus Christ.
- Isaiah 45:7Rank 3 from verse 3
- Isaiah 60:19Rank 4 from verse 3
19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
19*The Sunne shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightnesse shall the moone giue light vnto thee: but the LORD shall be vnto thee an euerlasting light, & thy God thy glory.
- 1 John 1:5Rank 5 from verse 3
- Ephesians 5:8Rank 6 from verse 3
- Psalms 97:11Rank 8 from verse 3
- Psalms 33:6Rank 10 from verse 3
- Psalms 33:9Rank 11 from verse 3
- Psalms 148:5Rank 12 from verse 3
- 1 John 2:8Rank 13 from verse 3
- Ephesians 5:14Rank 14 from verse 3
- Psalms 104:2Rank 16 from verse 3
- 1 Timothy 6:16Rank 17 from verse 3
16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
16Who onely hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light, which no man can approch vnto, whom no man hath seene, nor can see: to whom be honour and power euerlasting. Amen.
- Psalms 118:27Rank 18 from verse 3
- John 11:43Rank 20 from verse 3
- Matthew 8:3Rank 21 from verse 3
From verse 4
- Ecclesiastes 2:13Rank 1 from verse 4
- Ecclesiastes 11:7Rank 2 from verse 4
- Genesis 1:18Rank 3 from verse 4
- Genesis 1:31Rank 4 from verse 4
- Genesis 1:12Rank 5 from verse 4
12And 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.
12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:10Rank 6 from verse 4
- Genesis 1:25Rank 7 from verse 4
25And 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.
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
From verse 5
- Psalms 74:16Rank 1 from verse 5
- Isaiah 45:7Rank 2 from verse 5
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5Rank 3 from verse 5
- Psalms 104:20Rank 4 from verse 5
- Genesis 8:22Rank 5 from verse 5
- Jeremiah 33:20Rank 6 from verse 5
20Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
20*Thus saith the LORD; If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, and that there should not be day, and night in their season:
- Genesis 1:8Rank 7 from verse 5
- Psalms 19:2Rank 8 from verse 5
- Ephesians 5:13Rank 9 from verse 5
- 1 Corinthians 3:13Rank 10 from verse 5
13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
13Euery mans worke shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it †shall bee reuealed by fire, and the fire shall trie euery mans worke of what sort it is.
- Genesis 1:23Rank 11 from verse 5
- Genesis 1:31Rank 12 from verse 5
- Genesis 1:13Rank 13 from verse 5
- Genesis 1:19Rank 14 from verse 5
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Genesis 1:2
Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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Empty, unfilled, unoccupied, lacking something, invalid, cancelled, or without effect.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.
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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.
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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.
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The one true God.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.
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Genesis 1:3
The one true God.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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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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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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Genesis 1:4
The one true God.
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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: 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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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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Genesis 1:5
The one true God.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
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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: 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.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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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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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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1:1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:1¶ In *the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.
1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
1:2And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
Selected passage1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:3And God said, *Let there be light: and there was light.
Selected passage1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
Selected passage1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
Selected passage1:6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:6¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.
1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1:7And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.
1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:8And God called the *firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.
1:9¶ 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.
1:9¶ 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.
1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:10And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11And 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.
1:11And 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.
1:12And 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.
1:12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:13And the euening and the morning were the third day.
1:14¶ 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:
1:14¶ 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.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:16And God made two great lights: the greater light †to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:18And to *rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:19And the euening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:20And 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.
1:20And 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.
1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:21And God created great whales, and euery liuing creature that moueth, which the waters brought forth aboundantly after their kinde, and euery winged foule after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1:22And God blessed them, saying, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.
1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:23And the euening and the morning were the fift day.
1:24¶ 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.
1:24¶ 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.
1:25And 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.
1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:26¶ 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.
1:26¶ 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.
1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1:27So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image of God created hee him; *male and female created hee them.
1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1:28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe †bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be for meat:
1:30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
1:30And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is †life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.
1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
1:31And *God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.
2:1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2:1¶ Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
2:2*And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.
2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
2:3And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God †created and made.