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# Let there be light
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This is a command. By commanding that light should exist, God made it exist. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]])
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# God saw the light, that it was good
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"God considered the light and was pleased with it." "Good" here means "pleasing" or "suitable."
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# divided the light from the darkness
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"separated the light and the darkness" or "made it light at one time and dark at another." This refers to God creating the daytime and the night time.
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# This was evening and morning, the first day
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God did these things on the first day that the universe existed.
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# evening and morning
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This refers to the whole day. The writer speaks of the whole day as if it were these two parts. In the Jewish culture, a day begins when the sun sets. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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