Genesis 1:16
God created two great lights: the larger one in charge of the day, and the smaller one in charge of the night. He created the stars too.
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15They shall be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.
17God placed these lights in the sky to shine upon the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19When you look up at the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the heavenly bodies—don't be tempted to bow down to them. Don't worship them like all the other nations on earth in the way that the Lord has allowed.
Job 31:26Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky
Psalms 8:3When I contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,
Psalms 74:16You created the day, and also the night; you made the moon and the sun.
Psalms 136:9The moon and stars to rule the night. For his trustworthy love lasts forever.
Psalms 148:5Let them all praise the Lord and his nature, for he gave the order 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 →