Verse 3

Genesis 1:3

American Standard Version Byzantine Text

3 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽ/יְהִי אֽוֹר
English Translation
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth. Focus ↗
2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God... Focus ↗
3 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God (Elohim) saw the light, that it was good: and God (Elohim) divided the light from the darkne... Focus ↗
5 And God (Elohim) called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and t... Focus ↗
6 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the wa... Focus ↗
7 And God (Elohim) made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the... Focus ↗
8 And God (Elohim) called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second... Focus ↗
9 And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let... Focus ↗
10 And God (Elohim) called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas:... Focus ↗
11 And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing f... Focus ↗
12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wh... Focus ↗
13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. Focus ↗
14 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the nig... Focus ↗
15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. Focus ↗
16 And God (Elohim) made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light... Focus ↗
17 And God (Elohim) set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, Focus ↗
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God (Elo... Focus ↗
19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. Focus ↗
20 And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above... Focus ↗
21 And God (Elohim) created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith th... Focus ↗
22 And God (Elohim) blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, a... Focus ↗
23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Focus ↗
24 And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and cree... Focus ↗
25 And God (Elohim) made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and... Focus ↗
26 And God (Elohim) said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion... Focus ↗
27 And God (Elohim) created man in his own image, in the image of God (Elohim) created he him; male and... Focus ↗
28 And God (Elohim) blessed them: and God (Elohim) said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and reple... Focus ↗
29 And God (Elohim) said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of... Focus ↗
30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth u... Focus ↗
31 And God (Elohim) saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was eveni... Focus ↗