Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

In Context

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.

18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.

Psalms 8:1(8-1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. (8-2) O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

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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