Gen 1:3-5, 14-18 | ESV | STEP | And God said , Let there be light , and there was light .

Genesis 1:3-5

3 And God said, ^a“Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Genesis 1:14-18

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for ^bsigns and for ^cseasons, ^{▼▼Or appointed times} and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God ^emade the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to ^frule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.