Holy Scripture

Genesis 1:3

A church father on this verse
“"And God said, Let there be light, and there was light." Genesis 1:3 Immediately there appears the Word, "that true light, which lights man on his coming into the world," John 1:9 and through Him also came light upon the world. From that moment God willed creation to be effected in the Word, Christ being present and m…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — Against Praxeas

Source: Septuagint

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

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1In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

2But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.

— Genesis 1:3 —

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

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

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