Genesis 1:14
12 The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- KJV
- And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- WEB
- God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
- ASV
- 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:
- DARBY
- And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- BLB
- And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens, to divide between the day and between the night, and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years,
- ÅB
- Og Gud sa: Det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten! Og de skal være til tegn og fastsatte tider og dager og år.
- OTB
- Og Gud sa: "La det være lys på himmelens hvelving for å skille dagen fra natten, og la dem tjene som tegn for å markere hellige tider, dager og år,
- B1930
- Og Gud sa: Det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten! Og de skal være til tegn og fastsatte tider og dager og år.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 104:19–20
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Read in contextPsalms 74:16–17
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Read in contextPsalms 148:3
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Read in contextPsalms 136:7–9
He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextPsalms 148:6
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
Read in contextPsalms 8:3–4
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
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