Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16God 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.

18And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I haue set my bowe in the cloude, and it shalbe for a signe of the couenant betweene me and the earth.

Psalms 8:1To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded vs, saying, I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be the saluation vnto the end of the world.

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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