Genesis 1:17

And Elohim set them in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

In Context

16And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the kokhavim (stars) also.

18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I do set My keshet (bow) in the anan (cloud), and it shall be for an ot brit between Me and ha'aretz.

Psalms 8:1(For the one directing. According to the gittit. Mizmor of Dovid) 1

Acts 13:47For thus has Hashem commanded us, I have placed you as a light to the Nations, that you should bring salvation to the end of the earth. + 13:47 Isa 49:6

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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