Genesis 1:15

And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

In Context

14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.

16And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.

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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