Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.

Brenton Septuagint

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

5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

7And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles + 1:20 Lit. of living souls.having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

Job 26:7He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;

Job 26:13And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.

Job 37:18Wilt thou establish with him foundations for the ancient heavens? they are strong as a molten mirror.

Psalms 19:1For the end, a Psalm of David.

Psalms 33:6Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed.

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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