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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 16

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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
King James Version
And 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.
American Standard Version
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.
New English Translation
God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
World English Bible
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.
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.
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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.