Hitherto the power of the Creator had been employed about the upper part of the visible world now he descends to this lower world, designed for the children of men, both for their habitation, and their maintenance. The height of the heavens should mind us of God's supremacy, and the infinite distance that is between us and him the brightness of the heavens, and their purity, should mind us of his majesty, and perfect holiness the vastness of the heavens, and their encompassing the earth, and influence upon it, should mind us of his immensity and universal providence.ġ:9-13 The third day's work is related in these verses the forming the sea and the dry land, and making the earth fruitful. The naming it He called the firmament Heaven - 'Tis the visible heaven, the pavement of the holy city. The design of it to divide the waters from the waters - That is, to distinguish between the waters that are wrapt up in the clouds, and those that cover the sea the waters in the air, and those in the earth. The creation of it: and God made the firmament. This includes all that is visible above the earth, between it and the third heavens, the air, its higher, middle, and lower region, the celestial globe, and all the orbs of light above it reaches as high as the place where the stars are fixed, for that is called here the firmament of heaven, #Ge 1:14|,15, and as low as the place where the birds fly for that also is called the firmament of heaven, #Ge 1:20|. The command of God Let there be a firmament - An expansion so the Hebrew word signifies, like a sheet spread, or a curtain drawn out. God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse and it was so.Īnd God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which under the expanse, and the waters which above the expanse: and it is so.Īnd 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.ġ:6-8 We have here an account of the second day's work, the creation of the firmament. God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse and it was so.Īnd 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.Īnd God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.Īnd God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse and it was so.Īnd 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. King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan '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 KJV Copy Print Similar VersesĪnd God made the firmament and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

10And God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 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. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 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. 6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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