Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Job 31:26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Psalms 8:3(8-4) When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;
Psalms 74:16Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.
Psalms 136:9The moon and stars to rule by night, for His mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the LORD; for He commanded, 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 →