Genesis 1:18
“And to rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.”
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Genesis 1:18 Context
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. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: 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. 19And the euening and the morning were the fourth day. 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.
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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.
- King James Version
and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
- American Standard Version (1901)
To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.
- Basic English Bible
and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
- Darby Bible
And to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
- Webster's Bible
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
- World English Bible
and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that [it is] good;
- Youngs Literal Bible
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible