Genesis 1:6

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters to divide 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

5God called the light “day,” and he called the darkness “night.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day one.

7So God made an expanse to divide the waters that were above from the waters that were below. And that's what happened.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the waters be full of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the sky.”

Job 26:7He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.

Job 26:13The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.

Job 37:18Can you hammer out the sky so it becomes like a molten mirror, as he does?

Psalms 19:1The heavens declare God's glory; the skies above announce what he has made.

Psalms 33:6The Lord spoke the word and the heavens were made; his mouth breathed all the stars into existence.

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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