Genesis 1:14 · KJV
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: {the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night}”
— Genesis 1:14
And the evening and the morning were the third day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1 — Context
And the earth brought forth grass, {and} herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed {was} in itself, after his kind: and God saw that {it was} good.
13And the evening and the morning were the third day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: {the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night}
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: {he made} the stars also. {to rule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.}
Cross References
Psalms 104:19-20
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, {even} all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. {divided: or, imparted}
Psalms 74:16-17
The day {is} thine, the night also {is} thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, {and} the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts {is} his name:
Psalms 136:7-9
To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
Psalms 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Psalms 8:3-4
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Amos 5:8
{Seek him} that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD {is} his name: