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Genesis 1:16

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And 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.

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  1. Genesis 1:14

    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:

  2. Genesis 1:15

    And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  3. Genesis 1:17

    And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

  4. 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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