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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he madethe stars also.
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary--and the stars--for the rule of the night;
AndGod made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, — and the stars.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)