OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

Genesis 1:17

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God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,

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Genesis 1:14–20

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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;

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and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.

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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.

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God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,

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and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

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There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

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

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