KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 1:4–5
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Genesis 1:4
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
- Hebr. betweene the light and betweene the darkenesse.
Genesis 1:5
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
- Hebr. and the euening was, and the morning was &c.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 1:4
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 1:5
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 4
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Open the full verse study13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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Open the full verse study7¶ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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Open the full verse study18And 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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Open the full verse study31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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Open the full verse study12And 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.
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Open the full verse study10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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Open the full verse study25And 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.
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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Open the full verse study7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
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Open the full verse study5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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Open the full verse study20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
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Open the full verse study22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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Open the full verse study20Thus 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;
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Open the full verse study8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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Open the full verse study2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
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Open the full verse study13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
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Open the full verse study13Every 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.
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Open the full verse study23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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Open the full verse study31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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Open the full verse study13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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Open the full verse study19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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