Genesis 1:17

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 by day and by night, and to divide between the light and the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 8:1“To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David.” (8:2) O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou who hast set thy majesty 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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