Genesis 1:18

And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,

19And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day.

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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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