Genesis 1:7
And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning a second day.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.
Genesis 1:24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.
Job 38:8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
Psalms 104:10He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;
Psalms 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:7-9
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament, in which observe, 1. The command of God concerning it:… Read the whole commentary →