Genesis 1:6

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of 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”. There was evening and there was 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; and it was so.

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Cross References

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

Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 26:13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

Job 37:18Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

Psalms 33:6By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.

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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