Genesis 1:15

and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

In Context

14And 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;

16And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

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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