Genesis 1:17

And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,

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

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

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.

Psalms 8:1Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.

Acts 13:47For so has the Lord instructed us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring 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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