Genesis 1:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, & hangeth the earth vpon nothing. 8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer: 6 Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the worde of the Lorde vpon Israel, sayth the Lorde, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The heauens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth ye worke of his hands.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion. 13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lord. Prayse ye God in his Sanctuarie: prayse ye him in the firmament of his power.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the God of trueth: he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his anger the earth shal tremble, and the nations cannot abide his wrath.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile, 23 Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell? 24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth? 25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? Or the way for the lightning of ye thunders, 26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?
  • Job 26:13 : 13 His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, & his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the sixe hundreth yeere of Noahs life in the second moneth, the seuetenth day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened, 12 And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.

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  • Gen 1:7-11
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    7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament; it was so.

    8 And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.

    9 God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.

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

    11 Then God said, Let the earth bud foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth; it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
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    13 So the euening and the morning were the third day.

    14 And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

    15 And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

    16 God then made two great lightes: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.

    17 And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

    18 And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.

    19 So the euening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20 Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.

    21 Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

    22 Then God blessed them, saying, Bring foorth fruite and multiplie, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.

    23 So the euening and the morning were the fift day.

    24 Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-5
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    1 In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.

    2 And the earth was without forme and voide, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God moued vpon ye waters.

    3 Then God saide, Let there be light: And there was light.

    4 And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

    5 And God called the light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.

  • Gen 1:26-28
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    26 Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

    27 Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.

    28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4 These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lorde God made the earth and the heauens,

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
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    5 For this they willingly know not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the word of God.

    6 Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water.

  • Ps 33:6-7
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    6 By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.

    7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.

  • Gen 2:6
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    6 But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.

  • Ps 19:1
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    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The heauens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth ye worke of his hands.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28 When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

  • Gen 8:2
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    2 The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,

  • Job 26:10
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    10 He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

  • Ps 148:4
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    4 Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • Gen 7:10
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    10 And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.

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

  • Ezek 1:25
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    25 And there was a voyce fro the firmament, that was ouer their heads, when they stoode, and had let downe their wings.

  • Exod 14:21
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    21 And Moses stretched forth his hande vpon the Sea, & the Lord caused the sea to runne backe by a strong East winde all the night, & made the Sea dry land: for the waters were deuided.

  • Ps 104:6
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    6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines.

  • Gen 8:15
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    15 Then God spake to Noah, saying,

  • Ezek 1:22
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    22 And the similitude of the firmament vpon the heads of the beasts was wonderfull, like vnto chrystall, spred ouer their heads aboue.

  • Gen 7:18
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    18 The waters also waxed strong, and were increased exceedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6 He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

  • Gen 1:31
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    31 And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.