Genesis 1:7
And 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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Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass + 1:11 Gr. sowing.bearing seed according to its kind + 1:11 Gr. Alex. + εἰς ὁμοιότητα.and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
Genesis 1:24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living + 1:24 Gr. soul.creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
Job 38:8And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother's womb.
Psalms 104:10And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
Psalms 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour it out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, 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 →