Verse 17

Genesis 1:17

English Revised Version

17 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God (Elohim) saw that it was good.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛/ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בִּ/רְקִ֣יעַ הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם לְ/הָאִ֖יר עַל הָ/אָֽרֶץ

English Translation

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.

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Chapter 1 Context

1 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the spirit of God... Focus ↗

2 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be light: and there was light. Focus ↗

3 And God (Elohim) saw the light, that it was good: and God (Elohim) divided the light from the darkne... Focus ↗

4 And God (Elohim) called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and t... Focus ↗

5 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the wa... Focus ↗

6 And God (Elohim) made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the... Focus ↗

7 And God (Elohim) called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second... Focus ↗

8 And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let... Focus ↗

9 And God (Elohim) called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas:... Focus ↗

10 And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit tree bearing fru... Focus ↗

11 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherei... Focus ↗

12 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. Focus ↗

13 And God (Elohim) said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the... Focus ↗

14 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was s... Focus ↗

15 And God (Elohim) made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light... Focus ↗

16 And God (Elohim) set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, Focus ↗

17 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God (Elo...

18 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. Focus ↗

19 And God (Elohim) said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and... Focus ↗

20 And God (Elohim) created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the wa... Focus ↗

21 And God (Elohim) blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, a... Focus ↗

22 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Focus ↗

23 And God (Elohim) said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and cre... Focus ↗

24 And God (Elohim) made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and ev... Focus ↗

25 And God (Elohim) said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion... Focus ↗

26 And God (Elohim) created man in his own image, in the image of God (Elohim) created he him; male and... Focus ↗

27 And God (Elohim) blessed them: and God (Elohim) said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and reple... Focus ↗

28 And God (Elohim) said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of... Focus ↗

29 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon... Focus ↗

30 And God (Elohim) saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was even... Focus ↗

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