¶ 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.

And God said,(A) “Let there be a vault(B) between the waters(C) to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(D) And it was so.(E) God called(F) the vault “sky.”(G) And there was evening, and there was morning(H)—the second day.

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