Genesis 1:17

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

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In Context

16And 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.

18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Psalms 8:1O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of 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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