Genesis 1:16
God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
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15Let them be lights in the sky to give light upon the earth.” It was so.
17God set them in the sky to give light upon the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19You shall not lift your eyes up to the heavens and look at the sun, the moon, or the stars—all the host of the heavens—and be drawn away to worship them and adore them—those things of which Yahweh your God has given a share all the peoples under the whole sky.
Job 31:26If I have seen the sun when it shone, 1 or the moon walking in its brightness, 1
Psalms 8:3When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, 1 the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 1
Psalms 74:16The day is yours, and the night is yours also; 1 you set the sun and moon in place. 1
Psalms 136:9the moon and stars to rule by night, 1 for his covenant faithfulness endures forever. 1
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of Yahweh, 1 for he gave the command, and they were created. 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 →