The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

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

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

The Ninth Plague: Darkness

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.”

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.

The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.

“These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.

and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you.

And when they cried to the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time.

“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

Solomon Blesses the Lord

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

Solomon Blesses the People

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.

Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

That night—let thick darkness seize it! Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.

before I go—and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow,