Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
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In Context
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so.
17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
Psalms 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Psalms 74:16The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 136:9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of LORD. For he commanded, and they were created.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:15-20
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,… Read the whole commentary →