Genesis 1:16

And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.

Job 31:26If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Psalms 8:3When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

Psalms 74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun:

Psalms 136:9The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that 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 →

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