Genesis 1:18
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And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:19
And the evening and morning were the fourth day.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

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And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Psalm 19:6 His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.

Jeremiah 31:35 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

Context
The Fourth Day
17And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth. 18And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.19And the evening and morning were the fourth day.…
Lexicon
to preside over
וְלִמְשֹׁל֙ (wə·lim·šōl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

the day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

and the night,
וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה (ū·ḇal·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity

and to separate
וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔יל (ū·lă·haḇ·dîl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 914: To be divided, separate

the light
הָא֖וֹר (hā·’ō·wr)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 216: Illumination, luminary

from
וּבֵ֣ין (ū·ḇên)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the darkness.
הַחֹ֑שֶׁךְ (ha·ḥō·šeḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

And God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

[it was] good.
טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good


Additional Translations
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;
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