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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

Let there be light – playful digressions and a graveside joke or two.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2019

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

And the theologians answer, God said, "Let there be light, and there was light."

From Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago by Mangasarian, M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch)

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