Genesis 1:7

That happened. The clouds went upwards, they left the water underneath.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Then he said, “Sky become, in order to separate the water and the clouds!”

8That sky he named, 'sky-that'. After that it became night, after that it became dawn. Another day appeared.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:11After that he said, “Different kinds of trees appear and different kinds of green plants, with separate foods!” That happened.

Genesis 1:24Then he said, “Different kinds of animals become on the ground, to live in the countryside, to go about on the ground, plains-dwelling animals and hills-dwellers, big ones and small ones!” That happened.

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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