Genesis 1:14
God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night, and to provide a way to mark seasons, days, and years.
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13So there was evening, and then the morning, making day three.
15They shall be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.
Cross References
Genesis 9:13I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.
Job 3:9Its early morning stars should stay dark. Looking for light, may none come, may it not see the glimmer of dawn
Job 25:5If in God's eyes even the moon does not shine brightly, and the stars are not pure,
Job 38:31Can you tie together the stars of the Pleiades? Can you loosen the belt of the Orion constellation?
Psalms 8:4What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?
Psalms 74:16You created the day, and also the night; you made the moon and the sun.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:10-14
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding… Read the whole commentary →