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Genesis 1:16
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
Genesis 1:16 · Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 1:16 in other translations
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.
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.
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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In context
13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
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