Genesis 1:16
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“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.”Genesis 1:16
What Does Genesis 1:16 Mean?
Genesis 1:16 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 1:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 136:7“To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:”Deuteronomy 4:19“And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.”Psalms 8:3“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;”Psalms 74:16“The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.”Psalms 148:5“Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.”Isaiah 40:26“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.”Job 9:9“Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.”Job 38:7“When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”Psalms 148:3“Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.”Job 38:33“Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?”Psalms 19:6“His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.”Isaiah 13:10“For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.”Isaiah 45:7“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”Habakkuk 3:11“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.”Matthew 27:45“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”1 Corinthians 15:41“There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.”Revelation 16:8“And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.”Job 31:26“If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;”Isaiah 24:23“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.”Joshua 10:12“Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.”
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