Genesis 1:16
About the book Genesis Trend of this verse since 2000
Bible text
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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Statistics
- 10 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 10 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #2,222 Rank? Rank 2,222 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 16 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), Old Testament
10 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
- Earth
- Speaking things into existence
- The moon
- Creativity
- Homosexuality
- The red moon
- Leviathan
- The ocean
- Non believers
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
10 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 354 – Dec 31, 430
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, TWO BOOKS ON GENESIS AGAINST THE MANICHAEANS
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Augustine of Hippo
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0379
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1-31
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, QUESTIONS ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, QUESTION 106: ON GENESIS
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Ambrosiaster
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Ancient Rome
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 301 – Dec 31, 373
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Writings of Ephrem the Syrian
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Ephrem the Syrian
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- syc
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 245 – Dec 31, 303
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, On the Creation of the World
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Victorinus of Pettau
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:16-19
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, HOMILIES ON GENESIS
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:GEN.001.016
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary