Genesis 1:7
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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.So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
In other translations
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.So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַשׂvaiya'asand he madeH6213אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָרָקִיעַharakia'the firmamentH7549וַיַּבְדֵּלvaiyavdeland he separatedH914בֵּיןbeinbetweenH996הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834מִתַּחַתmitachat[were] from underH8478לָרָקִיעַlarakia'to the firmamentH7549וּבֵיןuveinand betweenH996הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834מֵעַלme'al[were] from <above>H5921לָרָקִיעַlarakia'<to> the firmamentH7549וַיְהִי־vayhi-and it wasH1961כֵן׃khensoH3651
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- Proverbs 8:28-2928 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, 29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
- Job 38:8-118 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, 10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, 11 and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
- Genesis 1:9And 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 God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
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