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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

Health to the sick in mind, Light to the inly blind, O, now to all mankind Let there be light!

From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various

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