Genesis 1:17

and God made sterris; and settide tho in the firmament of heuene, that tho schulden schyne on erthe,

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And God made twei grete liytis, the gretter liyt that it schulde be bifore to the dai, and the lesse liyt that it schulde be bifore to the niyt;

18and that tho schulden be bifore to the dai and nyyt, and schulden departe liyt and derknesse. And God seiy that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13Y schal sette my bowe in the cloudis, and it schal be a signe of boond of pees bitwixe me and erthe;

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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