Genesis 1:14
And said God, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.
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Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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:
KJV1611 – Modern English
And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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:
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And God{H430} said,{H559} Let there be lights{H3974} in the firmament{H7549} of heaven{H8064} to divide{H914} the day{H3117} from the night;{H3915} and let them be for signs,{H226} and for seasons,{H4150} and for days{H3117} and years:{H8141}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let there be lights{H3974} in the firmament{H7549} of the heaven{H8064} to divide{H914}{(H8687)} the day{H3117} from the night{H3915}; and let them be for signs{H226}, and for seasons{H4150}, and for days{H3117}, and years{H8141}:
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Than sayd God: let there be lyghtes in ye firmament of heaven to devyde the daye fro the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days and yeares.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ 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:
Webster's Bible (1833)
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
American Standard Version (1901)
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:
American Standard Version (1901)
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:
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
World English Bible (2000)
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,
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15 And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth. And it was so.
16 And made God the two great lights, the greater light for the rule of the day, and the lesser light for the rule of the night, and the stars.
17 And set them God in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.
18 And to rule in the day and in the night, and to divide between the light and between the darkness. And saw God that it was good.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, day fourth.
20 And said God, Let swarm the waters with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the expanse of the heavens.
21 And created God the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which swarmed the waters, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. And saw God that it was good.
22 And blessed them God, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, day fifth.
24 And said God, Let bring forth the earth living creatures after their kind, livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind. And it was so.
- Gen 1:1-1313 verses83%
1 In beginning created God the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And said God, Let there be light, and there was light.
4 And saw God the light that it was good, and divided God between the light and between the darkness.
5 And called God the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, day one.
6 And said God, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be dividing between waters and waters.
7 And made God the expanse, and divided between the waters which were under the expanse and between the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.
8 And called God the expanse Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, day second.
9 And said God, Let be gathered the waters under the heavens to one place, and let appear the dry land. And it was so.
10 And called God the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters he called Seas. And saw God that it was good.
11 And said God, Let sprout the earth vegetation, plants yielding seed, fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, in which is their seed, upon the earth. And it was so.
12 And brought forth the earth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, after their kind. And saw God that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, day third.
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26 And said God, Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
27 And created God man in his image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 And blessed them God, and said to them God, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.