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Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Γενηθήτωσαν φωστῆρες ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς φαῦσιν τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτός· καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰς σημεῖα καὶ εἰς καιροὺς καὶ εἰς ἡμέρας καὶ εἰς ἐνιαυτούς·
Day four: the φωστῆρες, “luminaries,” are given a triple office — to rule day and night, to divide light from darkness, and to mark signs, seasons, days, years. Swete's text carries an extra clause, καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς νυκτός (“and to rule the day and the night”), that Brenton's text (and, per Swete's own apparatus, codex E) lacks.
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