Genesis 1:6

American Standard Version (1901)

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 6 To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens: 13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth? 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
  • Job 26:13 : 13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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  • Gen 1:7-11
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    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
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    13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

    14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

    15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

    21And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

    23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-5
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    82%

    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Gen 1:26-28
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    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
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    5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

    6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Ps 33:6-7
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    6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

  • Gen 2:6
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    6but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

  • Ps 19:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

  • Gen 8:2
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    2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

  • Job 26:10
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    10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

  • Ps 148:4
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    4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Gen 7:10
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    10And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

  • Gen 2:1
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    1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

  • Ezek 1:25
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    25And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

  • Exod 14:21
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    21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  • Ps 104:6
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    6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

  • Gen 8:15
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    15And God spake unto Noah, saying,

  • Ezek 1:22
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    22And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above.

  • Gen 7:18
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    18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6[ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

  • Gen 1:31
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    31And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.