Genesis 1:16

And God made the two great luminaries,—the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15yea let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens,—to give light on the earth;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars—all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them,—the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;

Job 31:26If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;

Psalms 8:3When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

Psalms 74:16Thine, is the day, Yea, thine, the night, Thou, didst establish moon and sun;

Psalms 136:9The moon and stars to rule the night, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Psalms 148:5Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, 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 →

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