Genesis 1:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

Genesis 1:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 1:4 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 1:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.”

Genesis 1:4 — World English Bible

Genesis 1:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

Genesis 1:4 — American Standard Version

Genesis 1:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And God seeth the light that <FI>it is<Fi> good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,”

Genesis 1:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 1:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.”

Genesis 1:4 — Darby Translation

Genesis 1:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.”

Genesis 1:4 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 1:4 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And God saw the light, that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.”

Genesis 1:4 — The Living Sword

Genesis 1:4 in Context — Genesis 1

2 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.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 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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What Does Genesis 1:4 Mean?

Genesis 1:4 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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