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Genesis 1:5

Genesis 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

and: Genesis 8:22; Psalms 19:2, Psalms 74:16, Psalms 104:20; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 33:20; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Ephesians 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:5

And the evening and the morning were: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31

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