Focused Passage

Genesis 1:14-19

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

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14And 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.

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

16God 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.

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

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

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

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Verse 14

Original words

And Godאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularLet there beיְהִ֤יH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularlightsמְאֹרֹת֙H3974Noun - masculine pluralin the expanseבִּרְקִ֣יעַH7549Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the skyהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluralto distinguishלְהַבְדִּ֕ילH914Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructbetweenבֵּ֥יןH996Prepositionthe dayהַיּ֖וֹםH3117Article | Noun - masculine singularandוּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthe nightהַלָּ֑יְלָהH3915Article | Noun - masculine singularand let them beוְהָי֤וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralsigns to markלְאֹתֹת֙H226Preposition-l | Noun - common plural[the] seasonsוּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔יםH4150Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluraland daysוּלְיָמִ֖יםH3117Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluraland yearsוְשָׁנִֽים׃H8141Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Verse 15

Original words

And let them serveוְהָי֤וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralas lightsלִמְאוֹרֹת֙H3974Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluralin the expanseבִּרְקִ֣יעַH7549Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the skyהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluralto shineלְהָאִ֖ירH215Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructuponעַל־H5921Prepositionthe earthהָאָ֑רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularAnd it wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularsoכֵֽן׃H3651Adverb
Verse 16

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Godאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markermadeוַיַּ֣עַשׂH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartwoשְׁנֵ֥יH8147Number - masculine dual constructgreatהַגְּדֹלִ֑יםH1419Article | Adjective - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerlightsהַמְּאֹרֹ֖תH3974Article | Noun - masculine pluralthe greaterהַגָּדֹל֙H1419Article | Adjective - masculine singularlightהַמָּא֤וֹרH3974Article | Noun - masculine singularto ruleלְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶתH4475Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular constructthe dayהַיּ֔וֹםH3117Article | Noun - masculine singularandוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerthe lesserהַקָּטֹן֙H6996Article | Adjective - masculine singularlightהַמָּא֤וֹרH3974Article | Noun - masculine singularto ruleלְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶתH4475Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular constructthe nightהַלַּ֔יְלָהH3915Article | Noun - masculine singularAnd [He made]וְאֵ֖תH853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerthe stars {as well}הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃H3556Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 17

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Godאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsetוַיִּתֵּ֥ןH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular[these lights]אֹתָ֛םH853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralin the expanseבִּרְקִ֣יעַH7549Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the skyהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluralto shineלְהָאִ֖ירH215Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructuponעַל־H5921Prepositionthe earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 18

Original words

to preside overוְלִמְשֹׁל֙H4910Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructthe dayבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularand the nightוּבַלַּ֔יְלָהH3915Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularand to separateוּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔ילH914Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructthe lightהָא֖וֹרH216Article | Noun - common singularfromוּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Preposition. . .בֵּ֥יןH996Prepositionthe darknessהַחֹ֑שֶׁךְH2822Article | Noun - masculine singularAnd Godאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsawוַיַּ֥רְאH7200Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthatכִּי־H3588Conjunction[it was] goodטֽוֹב׃H2896Adjective - masculine singular
Verse 19

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And there wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulareveningעֶ֥רֶבH6153Noun - masculine singularand there wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularmorningבֹ֖קֶרH1242Noun - masculine singularthe fourthרְבִיעִֽי׃פH7243Number - ordinal masculine singulardayי֥וֹםH3117Noun - masculine singular

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