Genesis 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

And 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
  • Prov 8:28-29 : 28 When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
  • 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.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:11 : 11 And 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 1:15 : 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:24 : 24 And 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.
  • Job 26:8 : 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
  • Ps 104:10 : 10 He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

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    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.

    6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  • Gen 1:8-11
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    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 1:13-23
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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.

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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.

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

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

    11In 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.

    12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • 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;

  • Gen 7:17-20
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    17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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

    19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

    20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

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    1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

  • 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.

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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;

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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.

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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.

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

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

  • Gen 8:14
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    14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 78:13
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    13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

  • 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.

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