Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

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And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

In Context

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

9And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Genesis 1:13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Genesis 1:23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Genesis 5:2male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.

Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; saith the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.

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 →

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