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Genesis 1:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 1:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse[a] between the waters, separating water from water.”(A) 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse.(B) And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.”[b] Evening came and then morning: the second day.
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- Genesis 1:6 The Hb word for expanse is from a root meaning “to spread out, stamp, beat firmly,” which suggests something like a dome; Jb 37:16-18; Is 40:22.
- Genesis 1:8 Or “heavens”
Genesis 1:6-8
New International Version
Genesis 1:6-8
New International Version
6 And God said,(A) “Let there be a vault(B) between the waters(C) to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(D) And it was so.(E) 8 God called(F) the vault “sky.”(G) And there was evening, and there was morning(H)—the second day.
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