Genesis 1:16

And God makes the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary—and the stars—for the rule of the night;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”: and it is so.

17and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19And lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and have seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and have been drawn away, and have bowed yourself to them and served them, which your God YHWH has apportioned to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Job 31:26If I see the light when it shines, || And the precious moon walking,

Psalms 8:3For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, || [The] moon and stars that You established.

Psalms 74:16The day [is] Yours, || The night [is] also Yours, || You have prepared a light-giver—the sun.

Psalms 136:9The moon and stars to rule by night, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

Psalms 148:5They praise the Name of YHWH, || 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 →

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