Genesis 1:15

Let them shine in the firmament of heaven and illuminate the earth.” And so it became.

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In The King James Version

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

In Context

14Then God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.

16And God made two great lights: a greater light, to rule over the day, and a lesser light, to rule over the night, along with the stars.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:7And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.

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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