Genesis 1:7
And 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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening—and it was morning, a, second day.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11And God said—Let the land put-forth vegetation—herb yielding seed, fruit-tree, bearing fruit after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so,
Genesis 1:24And God said—Let the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame-beast and creeping thing and wild-beast, of the land, after its kind. And it was so.
Job 38:8Or [who] shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;
Psalms 104:10Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;
Psalms 148:4Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens;
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be filled with a downpour, upon the earth, will they empty themselves, and, if a tree fall in the south or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there will it be found.
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 →