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

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

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

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

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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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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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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

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

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