Genesis 1:7 · KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 1:7
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. {firmament: Heb. expansion}
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
Genesis 1 — Context
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. {firmament: Heb. expansion}
7And 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.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry {land} appear: and it was so.
Cross References
Psalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that {be} above the heavens.
Proverbs 8:28-29
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Matthew 8:27
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Job 38:8-11
Or {who} shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, {as if} it had issued out of the womb?
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry {land} appear: and it was so.
Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Genesis 1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.