וַיַעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים: אֶת-הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל, לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם, וְאֶת-הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה, וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִים.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars. [Translation by Rabbi Steve Greenberg]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. What are the greater and lesser lights? Why are they described as such?
2. Why does the verse introduce them as "two great lights" and then qualify the difference between them? Is this a contradiction?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)