Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 1:4
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Genesis1:4
4. And God saw the Light, that it was good : and God divided the Light from the Darkness.
(i. e.) Observed with approbation.
(i. e.) Pleasant and amiable, agreeable to Gods purpose and mans use.
Made a distinction or separation between them in place, time, and use, that the one should succeed and shut out the other, and so by their vicissitudes make the day and the night.
Marginal references: Heb. Between the Light and between the Darkness.
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