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Genesis 1:14

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God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;

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Genesis 1:14 in other translations

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

Genesis 1:14 · American Standard Version

Genesis 1:14 in context

  1. 12The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
  2. 13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
  3. 14God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
  4. 15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
  5. 16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.