Genesis 1:17

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
  • Gen 9:13 : 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
  • Ps 8:1 : 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

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    13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

    14And 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:

    15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

  • Gen 1:18-20
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    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

    19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

  • Gen 1:1-11
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    1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

    2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

    6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

    9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

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    1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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    3Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

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    35Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

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    3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  • Gen 1:26-28
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    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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    7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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    4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

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    19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

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    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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    15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

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    1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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    12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

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    30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

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    10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

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    5Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

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  • Prov 8:28
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    28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

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    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

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    19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.