Scripture · Old Testament

Genesis 1:17

Genesis 1:17 is verse 17 of Genesis chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

Genesis 1:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

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,

18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 9:13
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

Job 38:12
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Psalms 8:1
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

Psalms 8:3
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Acts 13:47
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”