Genesis 1:17

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

Literal Standard Version

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 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;

18and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God sees that [it is] good;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13My bow I have given in the cloud, and it has been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

Psalms 8:1TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, || How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, || Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!

Acts 13:47for so the LORD has commanded us: I have set you for a light of nations—for your being for salvation to the end of the earth.”

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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