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Ge 1:14 Hebrew Names God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
  King James 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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
FOURTH DAY. (Gen 1:14-19)

let there be lights in the firmament--The atmosphere being completely purified, the sun, moon, and stars were for the first time unveiled in all their glory in the cloudless sky; and they are described as "in the firmament" which to the eye they appear to be, though we know they are really at vast distances from it.
 
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14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
5 The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.
14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name "Adam," in the day when they were created.
7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know the LORD's law.
29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
2 Thus says the LORD, "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
2 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.
23 All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; the LORD of Hosts is his name:
9 The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
9 Yeshua answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.