Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the second day.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

9God said againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare. and it was so.

Read all of Genesis 1

Cross References

Genesis 1:5And God called the Light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:13So the euening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:23So the euening and the morning were the fifte day.

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

Zechariah 12:1The burden of the worde of the Lord vpon Israel, sayth the Lord, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 1:8