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Genesis 1:8

And the Lord called the expanse the Heavens. And it was evening, and it was morning, the Second Day.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And the Lord made the expanse, and distinguished between the waters which were under the expanse, and between the waters which were above the expanse: and it was so.

9And the Lord said, The waters shall be collected under the heavens into one region, and the dry land shall appear. And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:5And the Lord called the light the Day, and the darkness He called the Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, Day the First.

Genesis 1:13And it was evening, and it was morning, Day the Third.

Genesis 1:23And it was evening, and it was morning, Day the Fifth.

Genesis 5:2Male and female He created them; and He blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day that they were created.

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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