Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

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In The King James Version

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

In Context

5Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

7And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

Job 26:7By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

Job 26:13By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

Job 37:18Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

Psalms 19:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:4-6

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. We have here a further account of the first day's work, in which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light; not that by it he himself might see to work (for the darkness and light are both… Read the whole commentary →

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