Genesis 1:15 meaning and explanation
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:15, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
God is speaking, and the lights he set in the sky on the fourth day have a job: to give light to the earth. The verse repeats the purpose stated in verse 14, so the sun, moon and stars are not gods to be worshiped, as surrounding nations believed, but created servants doing what God assigned.
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