Genesis 1:6

God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

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In The King James Version

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

In Context

5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” This was evening and morning, the first day.

7God made the expanse and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. It was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the waters be filled with great numbers of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the expanse of the sky.”

Job 26:7He stretches out the northern skies 1 over the empty space, 1 and he hangs the earth over nothing. 1

Job 26:13By his breath he made the skies clear; 1 his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 1

Job 37:18Can you spread out the sky as he can— 1 the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal? 1

Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God, 1 and the skies make his handiwork known! 1

Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, 1 and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:4-6

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. We have here a further account of the first day's work, in which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light; not that by it he himself might see to work (for the darkness and light are both… Read the whole commentary →

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