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Genesis 1:15

Genesis 1:15 is verse 15 of Genesis chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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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Genesis 1:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

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