Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:16

16. Two great lights This designation of the sun and moon is of itself sufficient to show that the work of the fourth day is phenomenal and popular, not scientific . We know that the moon is but the small satellite of a relatively small planet, and a mere atom as compared with the magnitude of some of the stars. But to man it is one of the two great lightbearers. He made the stars also The Hebrew is simply, and the stars. That is, they, too, were made and placed in the heavenly... read more