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 also made the stars.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
17God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
Job 31:26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
Psalms 8:3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
Psalms 74:16The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 136:9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever;
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the LORD’s name, for he commanded, and they were created.
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 →