Genesis 1:14-17

The Creation of the World

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons, 1 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. 16 And God k made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:2
    Thus says the Lord : "Learn not the way of the ...
    Ezekiel 32:7 - 8
    When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens a...
    Joel 2:30 - 31
    And I will show wonders in the heavens and on t...
    Joel 3:15
    The sun and the moon are darkened, and the star...
    Matthew 24:29
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days...
    Luke 21:25
    And there will be signs in sun and moon and sta...
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 104:19
    He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:19
    And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
    Psalms 136:7 - 9
    To him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever.
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