Let there be light
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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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