Genesis 1:16
God then made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne and the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.
Job 31:26If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
Psalms 8:3When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,
Psalms 74:16The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.
Psalms 136:9The moone and the starres to gouerne the night: for his mercie endureth for euer:
Psalms 148:5Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: 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 →