Genesis 1:15

15 and let them be for lights in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth"; and that is how 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 So there was evening, and there was morning, a third day.
14 God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to divide the day from the night; let them be for signs, seasons, days and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth"; and that is how it was.
16 God made the two great lights - the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night - and the stars.
17 God put them in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth,
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