Genesis 1:18
and 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;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
19and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] fourth day.
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:35Thus said YHWH, || Who is giving the sun for a light by day, || The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, || Quieting the sea when its billows roar, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name:
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 →