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Genesis 1:4–6

And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the hdarkness He called Night. 2So the evening and the morning were the first day.

Then God said, i“Let there be a 3firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

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Genesis 1:4–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:4–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”

And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.

Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness. God named the light “day” and the darkness “night.” Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.

Then God said, “Let there be something to divide the water in two.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:4–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

Genesis 1:4–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light day, and the darkness he named night. There was evening, then morning—the first day. 

Then God said, “Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And God saw the light, that it was good, and God caused there to be a separation between the light and between the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and let it cause a separation between the waters.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

God saw that the light was good. He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day.” He called the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning. It was day one.

God said, “Let there be a huge space between the waters. Let it separate water from water.”

Genesis 1:4–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”


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