Genesis 1:15

15 And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave to shyne vpon the erth. and so it was.

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 the of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye.

14 Than sayd God: let there be lyghtes in ye firmament of heaven to devyde the daye fro the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days and yeares.

15 And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave to shyne vpon the erth. and so it was.

16 And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye and a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also.

17 And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth