Genesis 1:15

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

Majority Standard Bible

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 expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

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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