Genesis 1:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.
  • Prov 8:28-29 : 28 When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe, 29 When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commaundement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
  • 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.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.
  • Gen 1:11 : 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 1:15 : 15 And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.
  • Gen 1:24 : 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.
  • Job 26:8 : 8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe: 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof: 10 When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
  • Ps 104:10 : 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which runne betweene the mountaines.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 1:1-6
    6 verses
    94%

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

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

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

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

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

    6Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

  • Gen 1:8-11
    4 verses
    86%

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

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

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

    11Then 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 1:13-23
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    81%

    13So the euening and the morning were the third day.

    14And 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.

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

    16God 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.

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

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

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

    20Afterward 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.

    21Then 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.

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

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

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These 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,

  • Prov 8:28
    73%

    28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.

    11In 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,

    12And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.

  • Gen 8:2
    73%

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

  • Gen 7:17-20
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    17Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.

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

    19The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.

    20Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.

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

  • Ps 33:6-7
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    72%

    6By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.

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

  • 2 Pet 3:5
    72%

    5For 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.

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

  • Gen 1:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26Furthermore 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.

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

  • Gen 2:6
    72%

    6But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.

  • Ps 148:4
    72%

    4Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.

  • Gen 8:14
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    14And in the second moneth, in the seuen & twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie.

  • Ezek 1:22
    71%

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

  • Exod 14:21
    70%

    21And 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.

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

  • Ps 78:13
    70%

    13He deuided the Sea, & led them through: he made also the waters to stand as an heape.

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

  • Ps 104:6
    70%

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