Genesis 1:6-8

New King James Version

⁶Then God said, ^(A)“Let there be a ^[a]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” ⁷Thus God made the firmament, ^(B)and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were ^(C)above the firmament; and it was so. ⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 1:6 expanse

בראשית 1:6-8

The Westminster Leningrad Codex

⁶וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַמָּ֑יִם וִיהִ֣י מַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין מַ֖יִם לָמָֽיִם׃

⁷וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֮ אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ֒ וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל בֵּ֤ין הַמַּ֙יִם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִתַּ֣חַת לָרָקִ֔יעַ וּבֵ֣ין הַמַּ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעַ֣ל לָרָקִ֑יעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

⁸וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ שָׁמָ֑יִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם שֵׁנִֽי׃ פ

Read full chapter

Genesis 1:6-8

Young's Literal Translation

⁶And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

⁷And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.

⁸And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.

Read full chapter

Genesis 1:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶Then God said, “Let there be ^[a]an ^(A)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” ⁷God made the ^[b]expanse, and separated ^(B)the waters that were below the ^[c]expanse from the waters ^(C)that were above the ^[d]expanse; and it was so. ⁸God called the ^[e]expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.