Genesis 1:8

God called the expanse “ shamayim ·sky, heavens·”. + 1:8 Day 2: God divides the mayim ·waters· creating the earth water and the shamayim ·sky, heavens· or literally ·above waters·. Scientifically this shows there is a water cycle. Also, the sky includes water; atmosphere is water, dust, and gas. There was evening and there was morning, a second yom ·period of time, day·.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so·.

9God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night”. + 1:5 Day 1: God creates the division of shamayim ·sky, heaven· and 'aretz ·earth·; then God separates 'owr ·light· out of the choshek ·darkness·. The 'owr ·light· part of the day is called yom ·period of time, daytime, day· and the dark part of the day is called layil ·night·. There was evening and there was morning, the first yom ·period of time, day·. + 1:5 The Hebrew word yom can be translated in five different ways. Daylight (12 hours), a single day (24 hours), a year, or an indefinite amount of time pointing to a day or event, such as Psalm 27:5 “in that day”.

Genesis 1:13There was evening and there was morning, a third yom ·period of time, day·. (A:2)

Genesis 1:23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth 'yom ·period of time, day·. (A:3)

Genesis 5:2He created them male and female, + 5:2. Quoted in Matt 19:4; Mark 10:6 and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them “Adam [Human, Red earth]”.

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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