Genesis 1:15

15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth." And it was so.

Genesis 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heaven
To continue there as luminous bodies; as enlighteners, as the word signifies, causing light, or as being the instruments of conveying it, particularly to the earth, as follows: to give light upon the earth;
and the inhabitants of it, when formed: and it was so:
these lights were formed and placed in the firmament of the heaven for such uses, and served such purposes as God willed and ordered they should.

Genesis 1:15 In-Context

13 Evening came, and then morning: the third day.

14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years.

15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth." And it was so.

16 God made the two great lights-the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night-as well as the stars.

17 God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth,