Genesis 1:4

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Vulgate Text: Genesis 1:1-31 — Full Vulgate text quoted

  "4. And God saw the light that it was good; and He divided the light from the darkness."

• Verse 4: And God saw the light that it was good — God saw = He caused us to see; Moses portrays God like a craftsman contemplating His work

  "4. AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT THAT IT WAS GOOD. -- "He saw," that is, He caused us to see and know, says St. Jerome, Epistle 15."

• Verse 4: And God saw the light that it was good — He divided light from darkness by place, time, and cause

  "AND HE DIVIDED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. -- The Hebrew and the Septuagint have: He divided between the light and the darkness."