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Genesis 1:8

And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening—and it was morning, a, second day.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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.

9And God said—Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry—ground appear. And it was so.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:5and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening—and it was morning, one day.

Genesis 1:13So it was evening—and it was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:23So it was evening—and it was morning, a fifth day.

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

Zechariah 12:1The oracle of the word of Yahweh, on Israel,—Declareth Yahweh—Stretching out the heavens, and founding the earth, and fashioning the spirit 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 →

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