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Genesis 1:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 1 · verse 6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Genesis 1:6 · King James Version
Genesis 1:6 in context
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- firmamentrâqîyaʻproperly, an expanseH7549 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- dividebâdalto divideH914 →
- midsttâveka bisectionH8432 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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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: Let there be a firmament, an expansion, so the Hebrew word signifies, like a sheet spread, or a curtain drawn out.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-8