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Genesis 1:16

NETBible	God made two great lights¹ – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.²
NIV © biblegateway Gen 1:16	God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 1:16	God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 1:16	For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon, to shine down upon the earth. The greater one, the sun, presides during the day; the lesser one, the moon, presides through the night. He also made the stars.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 1:16	God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 1:16	And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 1:16	God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 1:16	Then 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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KJV	And God <0430> made <06213> (8799) two <08147> great <01419> lights <03974>_; the greater <01419> light <03974> to rule <04475> the day <03117>_, and the lesser <06996> light <03974> to rule <04475> the night <03915>_: [he made] the stars <03556> also. {to rule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 1:16	God <0430> made <06213> the two <08147> great <01419> lights <03974> , the greater <01419> light <03974> to govern <04475> the day <03117> , and the lesser <06996> light <03974> to govern <04475> the night <03915> ; He made the stars <03556> also.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM touv <3588> T-APM duo <1417> N-NUI fwsthrav <5458> N-APM touv <3588> T-APM megalouv <3173> A-APM ton <3588> T-ASM fwsthra <5458> N-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM megan <3173> A-ASM eiv <1519> PREP arcav <746> N-APF thv <3588> T-GSF hmerav <2250> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ ton <3588> T-ASM fwsthra <5458> N-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM elassw {A-ASMC} eiv <1519> PREP arcav <746> N-APF thv <3588> T-GSF nuktov <3571> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ touv <3588> T-APM asterav <792> N-APM
NET [draft] ITL	God <0430> made <06213> two <08147> great <01419> lights <03974> – the greater <01419> light <03974> to rule over <04475> the day <03117> and the lesser <06996> light <03974> to rule over <04475> the night <03915> . He made the stars <03556> also.
HEBREW	Mybkwkh <03556> taw <0853> hlylh <03915> tlsmml <04475> Njqh <06996> rwamh <03974> taw <0853> Mwyh <03117> tlsmml <04475> ldgh <01419> rwamh <03974> ta <0853> Myldgh <01419> tramh <03974> yns <08147> ta <0853> Myhla <0430> veyw (1:16) <06213>

NETBible

God made two great lights¹ – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.²

NET Notes

¹sn Two great lights. The text goes to great length to discuss the creation of these lights, suggesting that the subject was very important to the ancients. Since these “lights” were considered deities in the ancient world, the section serves as a strong polemic (see G. Hasel, “The Polemical Nature of the Genesis Cosmology,” EvQ 46 [1974]: 81-102). The Book of Genesis is affirming they are created entities, not deities. To underscore this the text does not even give them names. If used here, the usual names for the sun and moon [Shemesh and Yarih, respectively] might have carried pagan connotations, so they are simply described as greater and lesser lights. Moreover, they serve in the capacity that God gives them, which would not be the normal function the pagans ascribed to them. They merely divide, govern, and give light in God’s creation.

²tn Heb “and the stars.” Now the term “stars” is added as a third object of the verb “made.” Perhaps the language is phenomenological, meaning that the stars appeared in the sky from this time forward.