And God made[a] the expanse and (A)separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were (B)above the expanse. And it was so.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:7 Or fashioned; also verse 16

So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(A) And it was so.(B)

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Praise him, you (A)highest heavens,
    and you (B)waters above the heavens!

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Praise him, you highest heavens(A)
    and you waters above the skies.(B)

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28 when he (A)made firm the skies above,
    when he established[a] the fountains of the deep,
29 when he (B)assigned to the sea its (C)limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out (D)the foundations of the earth,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

28 when he established the clouds above(A)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(B)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(C)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,(D)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(E)

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27 And the men (A)marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even (B)winds and sea obey him?”

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27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

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And God said, (A)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

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And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(A) and let dry ground(B) appear.” And it was so.(C)

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“Or who (A)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (B)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (C)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your (D)proud waves be stayed’?

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“Who shut up the sea behind doors(A)
    when it burst forth from the womb,(B)
when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it(D)
    and set its doors and bars in place,(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(F)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?(G)

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He (A)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.

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He wraps up the waters(A) in his clouds,(B)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

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15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

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15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.(A)

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If the clouds are full of rain,
    they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

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If clouds are full of water,
    they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

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24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

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24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(A) according to their kinds:(B) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(C)

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11 And God said, (A)“Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants[a] yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:11 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(A) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(B)” And it was so.(C)

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10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;

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10 He makes springs(A) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.

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