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Genesis 1:14-19

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

16 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.

17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

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Verse 14

Cross-references

Psalms 19:1 Classic cross-references Psalms 104:19 Classic cross-references James 1:17 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:19 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:35 Classic cross-references

Original words

And God אֱלֹהִ֗ים H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Let there be יְהִ֤י H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular lights מְאֹרֹת֙ H3974 Noun - masculine plural in the expanse בִּרְקִ֣יעַ H7549 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the sky הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural to distinguish לְהַבְדִּ֕יל H914 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct between בֵּ֥ין H996 Preposition the day הַיּ֖וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular and וּבֵ֣ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the night הַלָּ֑יְלָה H3915 Article | Noun - masculine singular and let them be וְהָי֤וּ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural signs to mark לְאֹתֹת֙ H226 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural [the] seasons וּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים H4150 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural and days וּלְיָמִ֖ים H3117 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural and years וְשָׁנִֽים׃ H8141 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural

Verse 15

Original words

And let them serve וְהָי֤וּ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural as lights לִמְאוֹרֹת֙ H3974 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural in the expanse בִּרְקִ֣יעַ H7549 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the sky הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural to shine לְהָאִ֖יר H215 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct upon עַל־ H5921 Preposition the earth הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular And it was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular so כֵֽן׃ H3651 Adverb

Verse 16

Cross-references

Psalms 136:7 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:19 Classic cross-references Psalms 8:3 Classic cross-references Isaiah 40:26 Classic cross-references Psalms 148:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker made וַיַּ֣עַשׂ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular two שְׁנֵ֥י H8147 Number - masculine dual construct great הַגְּדֹלִ֑ים H1419 Article | Adjective - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker lights הַמְּאֹרֹ֖ת H3974 Article | Noun - masculine plural the greater הַגָּדֹל֙ H1419 Article | Adjective - masculine singular light הַמָּא֤וֹר H3974 Article | Noun - masculine singular to rule לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת H4475 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct the day הַיּ֔וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular and וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the lesser הַקָּטֹן֙ H6996 Article | Adjective - masculine singular light הַמָּא֤וֹר H3974 Article | Noun - masculine singular to rule לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת H4475 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct the night הַלַּ֔יְלָה H3915 Article | Noun - masculine singular And [He made] וְאֵ֖ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the stars {as well} הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃ H3556 Article | Noun - masculine plural

Verse 17

Cross-references

Psalms 19:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:7 Classic cross-references Psalms 8:3 Classic cross-references Psalms 8:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural set וַיִּתֵּ֥ן H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular [these lights] אֹתָ֛ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural in the expanse בִּרְקִ֣יעַ H7549 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the sky הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural to shine לְהָאִ֖יר H215 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct upon עַל־ H5921 Preposition the earth הָאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 18

Cross-references

Genesis 1:4 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:35 Classic cross-references

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to preside over וְלִמְשֹׁל֙ H4910 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct the day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and the night וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה H3915 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and to separate וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔יל H914 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct the light הָא֖וֹר H216 Article | Noun - common singular from וּבֵ֣ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition . . . בֵּ֥ין H996 Preposition the darkness הַחֹ֑שֶׁךְ H2822 Article | Noun - masculine singular And God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural saw וַיַּ֥רְא H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular that כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction [it was] good טֽוֹב׃ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 19

Cross-references

Genesis 1:5 Classic cross-references Genesis 1:31 Classic cross-references

Original words

And there was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular evening עֶ֥רֶב H6153 Noun - masculine singular and there was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular morning בֹ֖קֶר H1242 Noun - masculine singular the fourth רְבִיעִֽי׃פ H7243 Number - ordinal masculine singular day י֥וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular

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