Genesis 1:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ And Elohim saw the light, that it was good. And Elohim separated the light from the darkness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. [II Cor. 4:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

Genesis 1:4 Cross References

Genesis 1:10

And Elohim called the dry land ‘earth,’ and the collection of the waters He called ‘seas.’ And Elohim saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And Elohim made the beast of the earth according to its kind, livestock according to its kind, and all that creep on the earth according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And Elohim saw all that He had made, and see, it was very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the sixth day.

Psalm 145:10

All Your works give thanks to You, O יהוה, And Your kind ones bless You.

Psalm 145:9

יהוה  is good to all, And He has compassion on all His works.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Sweet also is the light, and good for the eyes to see the sun;

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that wisdom is better than folly, as light is better than darkness.

Isaiah 45:7

forming light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil. I, יהוה, do all these.’