Genesis 1:16
And 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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In Context
15Let them shine in the firmament of heaven and illuminate the earth.” And so it became.
17And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.
Job 31:26if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,
Psalms 8:3Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
Psalms 136:9Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.
Psalms 148:5praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. 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 →