Genesis 1:6

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from 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 the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

Job 26:13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?

Psalms 19:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars 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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