Genesis 1:17
God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- Acts 13:47 : 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
- Gen 9:13 : 13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Job 38:12 : 12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;
- Ps 8:1 : 1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
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- Gen 1:13-164 verses91%
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 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;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
- Gen 1:18-203 verses85%
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Gen 1:1-1111 verses82%
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
8 God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
10 God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.
11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.
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1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
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4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
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22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
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3 Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!
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35 Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
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3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- Gen 1:26-283 verses73%
26 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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Ps 136:7-93 verses73%
7 To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever:
8 The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;
9 The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
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2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
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12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
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4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
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19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
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23 I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
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15 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
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1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.
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12 "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
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30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
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10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
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5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and they were created.
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6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
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28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
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6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone 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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18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
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10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
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19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.