Genesis 1:17

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

Darby Translation

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 great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.

18and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Psalms 8:1{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

Acts 13:47for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end 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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