Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening—and it was morning, one day.

7And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And God said—Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens.

Job 26:7Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;

Job 26:13By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.

Job 37:18Didst thou spread out, with him, the skies, strong as a molten mirror?

Psalms 19:1The heavens, are telling the glory of GOD, And, the work of his hands, the expanse is declaring;

Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:

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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