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Genesis 1:7

WEB

7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

KJV

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.

BSB

7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

FBV

7So God made an expanse to divide the waters that were above from the waters that were below. And that's what happened.

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Extra References

Psalms 148:4

4Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.


Proverbs 8:28-29

28when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong, 29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,


Matthew 8:27

27The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”


Job 38:8-11

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb, 9when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, 10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, 11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?


Genesis 1:9

9God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.


Job 26:8

8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.


Genesis 1:15

15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.


Genesis 1:24

24God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.


Genesis 1:11

11God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.


Ecclesiastes 11:3

3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.