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# God made the two great lights
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"In this way God made the two great lights." This sentence explains what God did when he spoke.
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# the two great lights
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"the two large lights" or "the two bright lights." The two great lights are the sun and the moon.
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# to rule the day
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The lights that controlled the day are spoken of as if they were a human ruler that controlled what people do. AT: "to direct the daytime as a ruler directs a group of people" or "to mark the times of the day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# day
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This refers only to the daylight hours.
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# the lesser light
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"the smaller light" or "the dimmer light"
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# in the sky
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"in the heavens" or "in the open space of the sky"
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# to divide the light from the darkness
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"to separate the light from the darkness" or "to make it light at one time and dark at another." See how you translated this in [Genesis 1:4](./03.md).
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# God saw that it was good
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Here "it" refers to the sun, moon, and stars. See how you translated this in [Genesis 1:4](./03.md).
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# evening and morning
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This refers to the whole day. The writer speaks of the whole day as if it were these two parts. In the Jewish culture, a day begins when the sun sets. See how you translated this in [Genesis 1:5](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# the fourth day
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This refers to the fourth day that the universe existed. See how you translated "the first day" in [Genesis 1:5](./03.md) and decide if you should translate this the same way.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]] |