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Génesis 1:18

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18 para que gobernaran el día y la noche, y para separar la luz de la oscuridad. Y Dios vio que esto era bueno.

Génesis 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day, and over the night
The one, namely the sun, or greater light, to rule over the day, and the moon and stars, the lesser lights, to rule over the night: this is repeated from ( Genesis 1:16 ) to show the certainty of it, and that the proper uses of these lights might be observed, and that a just value might be put upon them, but not carried beyond due bounds: and to divide the light from the darkness;
as the day from the night, which is done by the sun, ( Genesis 1:14 ) and to dissipate and scatter the darkness of the night, and give some degree of light, though in a more feeble manner, which is done by the moon and stars: and God saw that [it was] good;
or foresaw it would be, that there should be such lights in the heaven, which would be exceeding beneficial to the inhabitants of the earth, as they find by good experience it is, and therefore have great reason to be thankful, and to adore the wisdom and goodness of God; see ( Psalms 136:1 Psalms 136:7-9 ) ( Ecclesiastes 11:7 ) . (See Gill on Genesis 1:4).

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Génesis 1:18 In-Context

16 Dios hizo dos grandes luces: la más grande para que gobernara el día, y la más pequeña para que gobernara la noche. También hizo las estrellas.
17 Dios puso esas luces en el cielo para iluminar la tierra,
18 para que gobernaran el día y la noche, y para separar la luz de la oscuridad. Y Dios vio que esto era bueno.
19 Y pasó la tarde y llegó la mañana, así se cumplió el cuarto día.
20 Entonces Dios dijo: «Que las aguas se colmen de peces y de otras formas de vida. Que los cielos se llenen de aves de toda clase».

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