Bible Question: Did God create the sun on the first or fourth day?

Bible Question:In Genesis 1 it states on day one, "And God said, 'Let there be light: and there was light.'" and then on day two "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars." So God actually made the sun on day 1 or day 4 ?

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light" . . . And there was evening and there was morning, one day. Gen 1:3-5 (NAS95S)

God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. Gen 1:16-19 (NAS95S)

The Hebrew word that is translated as "light" in the first passage (Gen. 1:3) has the concept of "to shine, to be bright or to illumine." On the fourth day, the Hebrew word for "light" has the meaning of being an "illuminary, light-bearer or light-giver." These two words help us answer your question. Therefore, we are to understand that on the first day "light," as opposed to darkness, was created. Genesis 1:1-2 tells us that God had created the earth as a lump of material and darkness, existed throughout the universe.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Gen 1:2 (NAS95S)

The surrounding environment that we call the universe was in total darkness. When God created light, He created it as a general concept without any reference to any celestial bodies. Then on the fourth day, God created the celestial body which we call the sun and the moon (Genesis 1:16-19). The sun is the light generator and the moon reflects the sun's light.