Let there be light

"Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew (yehi 'or) found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible. In Old Testament translations of the phrase, translations include the Greek phrase (genēthḗtō phôs) and the Latin phrases and . Genesis 1 The phrase comes from the third verse of the Book of Genesis. In the King James Bible, it reads, in context: Origin and etymology In biblical Hebrew, the phrase (yəhî ’ôr) is made of two words. (yəhî) is the third-person masculine singular jussive form of "to exist" and (’ôr) means "light." In the Koine Greek Septuagint the phrase is translated "" — kaì eîpen ho Theós genēthḗtō phôs kaì egéneto phôs. Γενηθήτω is the imperative form of γίγνομαι, "to come into being."