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Genesis 1:17

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

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 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;

18and that they should be before to the day and (before) [to the] night, and should part (the) light and (the) darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:13I shall set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of (the) bond of peace between me and [the] earth; (I shall set my rainbow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth;)

Psalms 8:1To the overcomer, for [the] pressers, the psalm of David. Lord, thou art our Lord; thy name is full wonderful in all [the] earth. For thy great doing is raised up, above (the) heavens. ( For the choirmaster, on the gittith, a song by David. Lord, thou art our Lord; thy name is most wonderful in all the earth. And thy great doing is raised up, above the heavens.)

Acts 13:47For so the Lord commanded us, I have set thee into (a) light of (the) heathen men, that thou be into health to the utmost [or to the uttermost] of the earth. (For so the Lord commanded us, I have ordained thee to be a light for the Gentiles, so that thou be a means of salvation unto the uttermost terms, or limits, 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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