Bible Strands
Genesis 1:18
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records God’s final action on the fourth day of creation as He completes the purpose of the sun, moon, and stars.
The words — The text employs מְשֹׁל (m.Shol), meaning to rule or preside, and הַבְדִּיל (hav.Dil), meaning to separate, to define the celestial bodies’ assigned functions.
The thread — Jeremiah 31:35 mirrors this structure by attributing the ordering of the sun and moon for day and night light directly to the LORD.
Why it lands — The passage demands acknowledgment that the alternation of light and darkness operates under explicit divine command rather than autonomous natural processes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
- Psalms 19:6 it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.