Genesis 1:17

And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.

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

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Cross References

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

Psalms 8:1Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David.

Acts 13:47For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles; that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part 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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