let there be light

     

Let there be light is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר (or yehiy 'or). Other translations of the same phrase inclue the Latin phrase fiat lux, and the Greek phrase γενηθήτω φώς (or genēthētō phōs).

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  • Many schools use this motto from Genesis 1:3, God's first spoken command
  • According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Sather Gate at the University of California-Berkeley.) The motto of UC Berkeley is "Fiat Lux", Latin for this command that's also found in Genesis

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