Genesis 1:7
And Elohim made the raki'a, and divided the waters under the raki'a from the waters which were above the raki'a; and it was so.
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Genesis 1:11And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the herb yielding zera (seed), and the fruit tree yielding pri (fruit) after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.
Genesis 1:24And G-d said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind; and it was so.
Job 38:8Or who shut up the yam behind doors? 1 Who brought it forth, issuing out of the rekhem (womb), 1
Psalms 104:10He sendeth the ma'ayanim (springs) into the ravines, 1 which run among the harim. 1
Psalms 148:4Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, 1 and ye waters that be above HaShomayim. 1
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of geshem, 1 they empty themselves upon ha'aretz; 1 and if the etz fall toward the darom (south), or toward the tzafon (north), 1 in the makom (place) where the etz falleth, there it lieth. 1
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 →