Genesis 1:7
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
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Genesis 1:11Then God said, “I want the earth to produce plants, including plants that will produce seeds and trees that will produce fruit. Each kind of tree will bear its own kind of fruit.”
Genesis 1:24Then God said, “I want various kinds of creatures to appear on the earth. There will be many kinds of ◄livestock/domestic animals►, creatures that scurry across the ground, and large wild animals.” And that is what happened.
Job 38:8“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?
Psalms 104:10You make/cause springs to pour water into ravines; their water flows down between the mountains.
Psalms 148:4You highest heavens, praise him! And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him!
Ecclesiastes 11:3It is always true that when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Similarly, wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain.
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 →