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Genesis 1:16

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God 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.

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Genesis 1:16 in other translations

And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:16 · American Standard Version

Genesis 1:16 in context

  1. 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;
  2. 15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
  3. 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.
  4. 17God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
  5. 18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.