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Genesis 1:6

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

5וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי ־ עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי ־ בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד ׃ פ

7וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי ־ כֵֽן ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ עַל ־ פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃

Job 26:7נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל ־ תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל ־ בְּלִי ־ מָֽה ׃

Job 26:13בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹֽלֲלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽיחַ ׃

Job 37:18תַּרְקִיעַ עִמּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִים חֲזָקִים כִּרְאִי מוּצָֽק ׃

Psalms 19:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃

Psalms 33:6בִּדְבַר יְהוָה שָׁמַיִם נַעֲשׂוּ וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו כָּל ־ צְבָאָֽם ׃

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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