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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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;
and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. AndGod saw that it was good.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)