Genesis 1:17

And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

18and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 8:1For the end, concerning the winepresses, a Psalm of David. 1

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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