Genesis 1:6

And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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, one day.

7And 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'

Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.

Job 26:13By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.

Job 37:18Canst thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

Psalms 19:1(19-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (19-2) The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork;

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

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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