Genesis 1:17

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

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

18and to rule the daye and the nyghte ad to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse. And god sawe yt it was good:

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I wyll sette my bowe in the cloudes and it shall be a sygne of the appoyntment made betwene me and the erth:

Acts 13:47For so hath the Lorde comaunded vs: I have made ye a light to the getyls yt thou be salvacio vnto ye ende of ye worlde.

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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