Verse 16
Genesis 1:16
English Revised Version
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And God (Elohim) set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת שְׁנֵ֥י הַ/מְּאֹרֹ֖ת הַ/גְּדֹלִ֑ים אֶת הַ/מָּא֤וֹר הַ/גָּדֹל֙ לְ/מֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת הַ/יּ֔וֹם וְ/אֶת הַ/מָּא֤וֹר הַ/קָּטֹן֙ לְ/מֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת הַ/לַּ֔יְלָה וְ/אֵ֖ת הַ/כּוֹכָבִֽים
English Translation
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.
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Chapter 1 Context
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And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the spirit of God...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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And God (Elohim) saw the light, that it was good: and God (Elohim) divided the light from the darkne...
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And God (Elohim) called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and t...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the wa...
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And God (Elohim) made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the...
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And God (Elohim) called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let...
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9
And God (Elohim) called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas:...
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10
And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit tree bearing fru...
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11
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherei...
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And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the...
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and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was s...
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And God (Elohim) made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light...
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And God (Elohim) set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God (Elo...
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And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and...
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And God (Elohim) created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the wa...
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And God (Elohim) blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, a...
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And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
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And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and cre...
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And God (Elohim) made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and ev...
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And God (Elohim) said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion...
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And God (Elohim) created man in his own image, in the image of God (Elohim) created he him; male and...
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And God (Elohim) blessed them: and God (Elohim) said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and reple...
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And God (Elohim) said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of...
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and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon...
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And God (Elohim) saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was even...
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