Genesis 1:15

15 and they shall be as lights^[a] in the vaulted dome^[b] of heaven^[c] to give 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 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the vaulted dome of heaven {to separate day from night}, and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years,

15 and they shall be as lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it [was] so.

16 And God made two lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars.

17 And God placed them in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "light sources"
• [b]. Or "expanse"
• [c]. Or "the sky"