Genesis 1:17

And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

Bible in Basic English

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 be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

18To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.

Psalms 8:1To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.

Acts 13:47For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends 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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