Genesis 1:7
And God made the expansion, and divided between the waters which were under the expansion and the waters which were above the expansion: and it was so.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
8And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herbs yielding seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, in which its seed is upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
Job 38:8And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth?
Psalms 104:10[Thou art he] who sendeth springs into the valleys, between mountains they run along.
Psalms 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they will empty it out upon the earth; and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, on the place where the tree falleth, there will it remain.
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 →