 ... and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 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.  The London Quarterly Review - Seite 2761819Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - 1850 - 584 Seiten
...the earth : ' and it was so. And Elohim made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. And Elohim set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the... | |
 | Mystery - 1850 - 512 Seiten
...upon the earth, and it was so. And God made the great lights : the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also." (Gen. i. 14 — 16.) God fully completed all the details of the Jewish church, which, like the moon,... | |
 | John Kitto - 1851 - 546 Seiten
...matter," but it is said that ' God made two great lights ;f the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also.' Literally, the greater light for the rule of the day, and the lesser light for the rule of the night... | |
 | John Wroe - 1852 - 406 Seiten
...shall find it written, On the fourth day God made two lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. And that they should be for signs and for seasons, for days and for years. (Gen. i. 14—16.) Now the... | |
 | Edward Higginson - 1853 - 548 Seiten
...let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights ; the greater light...to rule the night : He made the stars also." Here, again, Science could, no doubt, exalt the description, forbidding us to suppose either the greater... | |
 | 1853 - 682 Seiten
...reader came to that sublime passage, 'And GOD made two lights ; the greater light to rule the day ; and the lesser light to rule the night ; HE made the stars also ; ' some dozen stars pricked through the blue firmament, and ' 'gan twinkle ' as bright as they could... | |
 | Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 Seiten
...sublime simplicity, tells ,us that " 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." But the author of the " Vestiges" declares, " the masses of space are formed by law ; law makes them... | |
 | 1854 - 262 Seiten
...time, what goodness is displayed in every portion of the wonderful " world we live in !" " God made the lesser light to rule the night : He made the stars also; and God saw that it was good." Yes, it is good indeed ! Jk is good to us, in this cold country, during... | |
 | Daily prayers - 1855 - 100 Seiten
...My little children, it is written, 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. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 Seiten
...lesser light of heaven.] — "And God made two great lights; tho greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also." — (Gen. i. 17.) " Und Gott machte zwey grosse Liehter: ein grosses Licht, Das den Tag regiere, und... | |
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