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Genesis 1:18

Genesis 1:18
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And to rule over the day, and over the night,.... The one, namely the sun, or greater light, to rule over the day, and the moon and stars, the lesser lights, to rule over the night: this is repeated…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 1:14-19

- VI. The Fourth Day 14. מאור mā'ôr, “a light, a luminary, a center of radiant light.” מועה mô‛ēd, “set time, season.” Words beginning with a formative מ musually signify that in which the simple…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 1:14-19

This is the history of the fourth day's work, the creating of the sun, moon, and stars, which are here accounted for, not as they are in themselves and in their own nature, to satisfy the curious, but…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 1:14-19

Fourth Day. The Creation of the Heavenly Bodies

Observe that the creation of the "lights" in the heaven on the fourth day corresponds to the creation of "light" on the first day. If we divide the six…

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