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Genesis 1:15
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and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Genesis 1:15 In-Context
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And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
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and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.
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And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
The American Standard Version is in the public domain.