Genesis 1:4

Good News Translation (US Version)

God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness,

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It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day.

Oh, I know, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw.

So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.

God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came—that was the sixth day.

He named the land “Earth,” and the water which had come together he named “Sea.” And God was pleased with what he saw.

So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.

He is good to everyone and has compassion on all he made.

All your creatures, Lord, will praise you, and all your people will give you thanks.

I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things.