Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights, the greater light that it should be before to the day, and the less (er) light that it should be before to the night; and God made (the) stars;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 shine those in the firmament of (the) heaven (s), and lighten they the earth; and it was done so.

17and setted them in the firmament of (the) heaven (s), (so) that they should shine on [the] earth,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19lest peradventure, when thine eyes be raised up to heaven, thou see the sun, and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and thou be deceived by error, and worship those things, and honour them, the which things thy Lord God made of nought, into the service of all folks that be under heaven. (lest, when thine eyes be raised up to the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and all the stars in the sky, that is, the host of heaven, thou be deceived by error, and thou worship those things, and honour them, which things the Lord thy God made out of nothing, for the service of all the peoples who be under heaven.)

Job 31:26if I saw the sun, when it shined, and the moon going clearly (or and the moon moving in its glory);

Psalms 8:3For I shall see thine heavens, the works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast founded.

Psalms 74:16The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou madest the morrowtide and the sun.

Psalms 136:9The moon and the stars into power of the night. (The moon and the stars to have power over the night.)

Psalms 148:5praise they the name of the Lord. For he said, and things were made; he commanded, and things were made of nought. (praise they the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and everything was made; he commanded, and everything was made out of nothing.)

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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