14 ¶ And God said, (A)Let there be [a]lights in the firmament of the heaven, to [b]separate the day from the night, and let them be for [c]signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

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

16 God then made two great [d]lights: the greater light to [e]rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made also the stars.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:14 By the lights he meaneth the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.
  2. Genesis 1:14 Which is the artificial day, from the Sun rising, to the going down.
  3. Genesis 1:14 Of things appertaining to natural and political orders and seasons.
  4. Genesis 1:16 To wit, the Sun and the Moon, and here he speaketh, as man judgeth by his eye: for else the Moon is less than the planet Saturn.
  5. Genesis 1:16 To give it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to serve to man’s use.

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