Let there be light

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1. The words with which, according to the Book of Genesis, God called light into being on the first day of Creation. (See In the beginning.)

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Let there be light

Genesis 1:3 reads, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

In Anders’ portion: “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2019

Let there be light: Cosmologists reconsider epoch of reionization.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2014

God, creating nature, said: "Let there be light."

From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2011

Shed down one ray, To guide us out of this dark night, And say once more, "Let there be light!"

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers