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Genesis 1:15

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and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.

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Genesis 1:15 in other translations

and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:15 · American Standard Version

Genesis 1:15 in context

  1. 13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
  2. 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;
  3. 15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
  4. 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.
  5. 17God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,