Bible verse

Genesis 1:17

God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

Genesis 1:17 · BSB

Genesis 1:17 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 1.

13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 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.

17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Genesis 1:17 in other translations

KJV

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

ASV

And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

ERV

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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