Genesis 1:17

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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 9:13My bow, have I set in the cloud,—and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and the earth;

Psalms 8:1O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.

Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us—I have set thee for a light of nations, that thou mayest be for salvation unto the end 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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