Genesis 1:15

15 They will be lights in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth." And that's what happened.

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 There was evening and there was morning: the third day.

14 God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will mark events, sacred seasons, days, and years.

15 They will be lights in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth." And that's what happened.

16 God made the stars and two great lights: the larger light to rule over the day and the smaller light to rule over the night.

17 God put them in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth,