Genesis 1:17

And the Lord set them in the expanse of heaven to shine upon the earth,

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And the Lord made the two great luminaries: the greater luminary to rule in the day; and the smaller luminary to rule in the night, and the stars.

18and to rule in the day and in the night, and to distinguish between light and darkness. And the Lord saw that it was good.

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Cross References

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

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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