Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

In Context

16And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.

18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, who has set thy glory upon the heavens!

Acts 13:47For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth.

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 →

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