Genesis 1:7
And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11And he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
Genesis 1:24And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
Job 38:8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb :
Psalms 104:10Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.
Psalms 148:4Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full, they will pour out rain upon the earth. If the tree fall to the south, or to the north, in what place soever it shall fall, there shall it 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 →