¶ Again God said, (A)Let there be a [a]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.

Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were [b]under the firmament, from the waters which were (B)above the firmament: and it was so.

And God called the firmament, [c]Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:6 Or, spreading over, and air.
  2. Genesis 1:7 As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God’s power, lest they should overwhelm the world.
  3. Genesis 1:8 That is, the region of the air, and all that is above us.

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