Genesis 1:17

Plain English Version

God put all those lights in the sky to shine on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 9:13

It is my rainbow, up there in the sky. I’m putting it there to help you remember what I promised to you, and to everything that lives on the earth. I promised that I will never again send a real big flood to finish up everything on the earth.

Acts 13:47

You see, God told us to do this. It’s in God’s book. He said, ‘I gave you this job, to be like a light for the people that are not Jews. You will tell people everywhere in the world that I can save them.’ ”