Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye and a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

15And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave to shyne vpon the erth. and so it was.

17And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth

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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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