Genesis 1:3

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- III. The First Day 3. אמר 'āmar , “say, bid.” After this verb comes the thing said in the words of the speaker, or an equivalent expressio...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God said, Let there be light: and there was (e) light. (e) The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attri...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

a. The Priestly Story of Creation. This section belongs to the Priestly Document (P). This is shown by the use of several of its characteristic ter...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Since the formula These are the generations of is usually placed by P at the beginning of a section, whereas here it occurs at the end ( Genesis 2:4...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God said (occurs 10 times in Introduction). This begins each day: 3rd day twice; 6th day four times. The second act is also of God ( 1 Peter 1:23-2...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And God said Moses now, for the first time, introduces God in the act of speaking, as if he had created the mass of heaven and earth wi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God said, Let there be light - הי אור ויהי אור Yehi or, vaihi or. Nothing can be conceived...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And God said— To speak and to will, with the Almighty, is to command. His word is with power. Struck with the grandeur of this passage, the c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Let there be light, х Yªhiy ( H1961 ) 'owr ( H216 )]. It is deserving of part...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Creation 'The foundation of foundations and pillar of all wisdom is to know that the First Being is, and that He giveth existence to everythin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

And God said, Let there be light ] A sublime sentence! 'By the word of the Lord were the heavens made.' Light and darkness are regarded as two objec...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM. Throughout the first account of creation ( Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 ) the Deity is simply...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE CREATIVE DAYS. (3) And God said. — Voice and sound there could be none, nor was there any person to whom God addressed this word of power. T...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Beginnings Genesis 1:1-5 All beginnings must begin with God. Always put God first. The first stone in every building, our first thought every m...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear" He...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:6 . Is it not a sweet thought, that the same Spirit which gave light to the old creation gives light to the new.
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THE LIGHT’ “And God said, Let there be light.’ Genesis 1:3 I. We have reason every day that we live to thank God for...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God said ,.... This phrase is used, nine times in this account of the creation; it is admired by Longinus the Heathen in his treatise "of the Su...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Ver. 3. And God saith, Let there, &c. ] He commanded the "light to shine out of darknes...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God said Not by an articulate voice; for to whom should he speak? but in his own eternal mind. He willed that the effect here mentioned should be p...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and decisively i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Creation. B. C. 4004. 3 And God...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He commanded , not by such a word or speech as we use, which agreeth not with the spiritual nature of God; but either by an act of his powerful will...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light.' This is God's first ‘action'. Here was a ‘big bang' indeed. The writer is brief and to th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 1:3 . And God said] Better (because of the strong waw , and position of verb): “Then said God” = “the state of things b...
Scofield Reference Notes

Let there be light Neither here nor in ( Genesis 1:14-18 ) is an original creative act implied. A different word is used. The sense is, made t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 1 It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 1:1 . In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let there be light The creation of light I. DIVINELY PRODUCED. 1. For the protection of life. Plants could not live without light; without i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Creation of Chaos and Light
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. God spoke; the almighty Word of God is here introduced, the second person of the Godhead, Joh...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Alpha and Omega of Creation Genesis 1:1-5 ; Revelation 21:1-6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. The Book of Ge...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

In The Beginning God Genesis 1:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In these days of humanizing God, we need to give more time to the study of God's eterni...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Genesis 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have a very interesting study to set before you today. Most of us re...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We have here a farther account of the first day's work. In which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light, the...

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The Biblical Illustrator

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 1:3